Saturday, July 22, 2017

US official confirms CIA ending support for Syria terrorist/rebels

Syria terrorist/rebels
The head of the US military’s special operations confirmed Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency is shutting down its program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.


General Tony Thomas denied that the four-year-old operation was brought to an end as a way to placate Russia and earn its support for a ceasefire in southwestern Syria.

It was a “tough, tough decision” but “absolutely not a sop to the Russians,” Thomas said at a forum in Aspen, Colorado. “It was, I think, based on an assessment of the nature of the program, what we’re trying to accomplish, the viability of it going forward.”

Asked about Thomas’s comments, the CIA declined to comment. On Wednesday the Washington Post reported the covert CIA program was being shut down.
 [alarabiya.net/AFP]
22/7/17
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