New U.S.-Backed Alliance to Counter ISIS in Syria Falters

New U.S.-Backed Alliance to Counter ISIS in Syria Falters:

10 days of interviews and front-line visits across northern Syria with many of the forces in the alliance made clear that so far it exists in name only, and that the political and logistical challenges it faces are daunting.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/31/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0SP0EA20151031