The CIA is gathering intel on the locations of ISIS fighters in Syria , they say . Ex - Administration official : ISIS is empowered when someone calls out , attacks them . The officials leave open the possibility of attacks on civilians in Syria . Official : But the President , who has declined to arm rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , faces a policy change certain to embolden critics in both parties of his reticence back then . President Obama wo n't be ` ` restricted by borders '' in response to ISIS .
The CIA is gathering intel on the locations of ISIS fighters in Syria , they say . Ex - Administration official : ISIS is empowered when someone calls out , attacks them . The officials leave open the possibility of attacks on civilians in Syria . Official : President Obama wo n't be ` ` restricted by borders '' in response to ISIS .