The Elder Statement : US-trained Division 30 Rebels 'Betrayed US And Hand Weapons Over To Al-Qaeda's Affiliate In Syria'

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

US-trained Division 30 Rebels 'Betrayed US And Hand Weapons Over To Al-Qaeda's Affiliate In Syria'

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By Nabih Bulos, Amman, Sep 22 2015 Telegraph

Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country.

Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, a raft of sources claimed on Monday night.

Division 30 was the first faction whose fighters graduated from a US-led training programme in Turkey which aims to forge a force on the ground in Syria to fight against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

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