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The offensive led by HTS comes out of the splintered political landscape of northern Syria.

The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.

What that leaves Japan with is a weakened ruling party and a splintered opposition.

The groups that marched under that banner had no formal leadership or organization, so after President Obama was reelected in 2012, they splintered into grifting factions.

But now, post-7 October, the collective is splintered - psychologically and physically.