PARIS: What remains of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, could gain new life after Bashar al-Assad's fall, potentially claiming territory and freeing its fighters in the Kurdish-controlled northeast. IS has long flourished in conditions of war or uncertainty, often on the territory of failing states. Its fighters are for now holed up in small cells spread across the eastern Syrian desert – with their survival already marking a win in the face of the defunct Assad leadership's weak grip on

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