Syrian Rebels: US-Led Strikes Bolster Assad

Moderate Syrian rebel field commanders said the U.S.-led air offensive in Syria is helping President Bashar al-Assad. Abu Muhammad said he disapproves of the U.S. strategy in Syria. He warned that the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadists of the Islamic State group is bolstering Assad. Muhammad said the Syrian president has taken the opportunity of the coalition airstrikes to refocus his forces, shifting some of them from eastern Syria where they were fighting the jihadists, and...

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