Sunday, April 26, 2015

Anne Barnard reports on the takeover of Jisr Ash-Shugur

"Insurgents seized more parts of the northern Syrian province of Idlib on Saturday in a significant advance toward the government-held coast that seemed to signal new coordination among antigovernment fighters, some using advanced antitank weapons...insurgents including the Nusra Front, the hard-line Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham and the relatively nationalist groups calling themselves the Free Syrian Army".   Insurgents including Nusrah Front? Including? This was their operation.  And it is hilarious that she among other Western correspondents still hang on the hope that their baby, the Free Syrian Army would still be a relevant factor among the Syrian rebels. Notice that Ahrar Ash-Sham's links to Al-Qa`idah are rarely mentioned in the reportage.