Al Nusrah Front
US Goal Is to Make Syrian Rebels Viable
US Goal Is to Make Syrian Rebels Viable
The Western-backed Syrian Revolutionaries Front continues to fight alongside Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, and other Islamist groups in southern Syria.
ISIS Strikes Deal With Moderate Syrian Rebels: Reports
President Obama’s strategy for confronting the Islamic State in Syria depends on empowering moderate Syrian rebels to take over areas once they are liberated. The problem is, ‘moderate’ rebels untainted by links to Islamist groups such as al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front seem to be nonexistent.
Al Nusrah Front advances on Quneitra, gains border crossing
Idlib prepares for war between factions and Al Nusrah Front
Syria becoming home to two competing Islamic states
The White House’s proposal to invest $500 million in training and equipping “vetted” and “moderate” Syrian rebel forces rests on the feeble premise that such forces, if they indeed exist, will be able to operate independently of the al Qaeda-linked groups that dominate the battlefield.