TSG IntelBrief Quoted by AFP: Syria Rebel Defeat Deals Blow to US Hopes Against IS

March 4, 2015

Syria Rebel Defeat Deals Blow to US Hopes Against IS

Yahoo News
By: Maya Gebeily, AFP

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Beirut (AFP) – The apparent disintegration of a key Syrian rebel group has dealt a major blow to US efforts to build up a force of moderate fighters to take on the Islamic State group.

The Hazm movement was seen as a cornerstone of the train-and-equip programme Washington hopes will bring thousands of non-extremist fighters to bear against IS in Syria…

“The collapse of… Hazm means that, in effect, there is no substantial and credible Western-backed ‘moderate’ opposition throughout most of Syria,” intelligence consultancy The Soufan Group said in a brief.

Mainly present in Idlib and Aleppo provinces in northern Syria, the group, known in Arabic as Harakat Hazm, consisted of several thousand fighters and was last year cited by US Secretary of State John Kerry as likely to receive US arms and training…

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