US-Trained Rebel Unit Hands Over Equipment to Al-Qaeda

This article has been updated to show that US trained rebels had bribed Nusra with equipment rather than surrendered.

U.S.-trained rebels were reported to have surrendered to Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra earlier this week and handed over their weapons. However it later emerged that the unit handed over weaponry in exchange for safe passage, rather than surrendering entirely. More...

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