Rebels from the US-backed Free Syrian Army appear to have kicked a group of US special operations forces out of a Syrian border town, calling the fleeing Americans “infidels” and “crusaders.” This incident, experts say, shows that groups Washington persists on calling “moderate” are in fact “mercenaries” and “fanatics.”
“The subgroup that did this supposedly is Ahrar al-Sham, which is a really nasty piece of work. It is as Wahhabist, as radical, as violent as [al-Nusra Front] or [Daesh],” former US diplomat Jim Jatras told RT.
Interestingly, Washington blocked Moscow’s initiative to add Ahrar al-Sham, who often conducts joint operations with al-Nusra Front, to the UN Security Council’s terrorist list, claiming that they are in fact moderate rebels and should be treated as a legitimate opposition to the government in Damascus. – READ MORE
