Mr. al-Shara was once imprisoned by U.S. forces in Iraq, and then went on to found the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda. He had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head until December of last year, shortly after he led a rebel offensive that ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian leader has been discreetly cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS and Al Qaeda since he took control of a slice of rebel-held territory in northwestern Syria in 2016, according to Syrian officials and Western diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with diplomatic protocol.
You wanted him to ally with ISIS instead? There were many factions within Syria that aligned with the US for support to fight Assad and ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces are straight-up libertarian socialists. They aligned with the US for support too, now they’re part of the Syrian governing coalition
What do you mean he did ally himself with ISIS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
surprised to learn that he was never aligned with isis; i saw him as osama bin laden 2.0.
He was ISI originally which was pre ISIS but he’s from exactly the same sectarian corner. He’s a Saudi Wahabi cosplaying as a Syrian.
Who do you think should’ve won the Syrian Civil War?
There was no civil war. There was a US-Israeli proxy war against Syria, Iran and Russia. That doesn’t mean Assad somehow was good, but most of the suffering was caused by US-backed terror groups and crippling US sanctions.
His loyalty is not with the Syrians who fought Assad and ISIS with him. He’s always been an agent for US and Israel. Al Sharaa’s army lately even killed indiscriminately and turned over forign dissidents and fighters who fought alongside with him to free him from Assad regime to their countries Eygpt, UAE, France, Dutch, UK, whatever. It made the news and the slaughter was on video too
How about neither?
That’s a great way to lose a war. Big brain strategy right here
When did usa intervention ever ended well?