Despite all efforts by the US-led coalition, the Islamic state is still going strong. That is the awkward message US propagandists face from no lessor boots on the ground witness than Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem. “All the indications say that (Islamic State) today, after two months of coalition air strikes, is not weaker,” Walid al-Moualem emphasized, contrasting the US ‘coalition’ military efforts with a Russian call for restarting the political process between Damascus and ‘the constructive Syrian opposition’.