In this photo released on June 18, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, explosions eject smoke and fire from a Syrian government forces position attacked by Islamic State militants on the Damscus-Baghdad highway, near Damascus, Syria. Andreas Krieg, a professor at King's College London who embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters in the fall of 2014, says the group "is very much success oriented, results oriented." That's a strong contrast to the rigid, inefficient and corrupt hierarchies of the Iraqi and Syrian militaries, where officers often fear taking any action without direct approval from higher up. (Militant website via AP)
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