US-Trained Rebel Unit Hands Over Equipment to Al-Qaeda
75 US-trained rebels left Turkey for Syria and reportedly defected to Jabhat al-Nusra immediately. If true, this is a disaster for US policy.
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...