US officials warn of rising threat from Qaida branch in northwest Syria

US counterterrorism officials are voicing increased alarm about an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria that they say is plotting attacks against the West by exploiting the chaotic security situation in the country’s northwest and the protection inadvertently afforded by Russian air defenses shielding Syrian government forces allied with Moscow.

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