Free Syrian Army

Syrian rebels say they feel ‘betrayed’ by the US ending its aid

July 20, 2017Conflict

President Donald Trump made the decision to drop the program supporting rebels fighting Syria’s Bashar al-Assad nearly a month ago, according to The Washington Post. The rebels say they were totally blindsided and disappointed.

Members of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in the border town of Jarablus, Syria, Aug. 31. Free Syrian Army fighters reportedly protested against the US on Friday.

US special forces were reportedly run out of a Syrian town by ‘friendly’ rebels

September 16, 2016Conflict

Young migrants and refugees walk through a town in northern Serbia toward the Hungarian border. There's a fear that young men like these might bring violence with them.

These men say they’re leaving Syria because they don’t want to fight anyone

January 13, 2016Conflict

Free Syrian Army fighters carry a fellow fighter after he was wounded on the front line in Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood, September 21, 2013.

Syrian rebel coalition says no to government-in-exile, yes to Islam

September 25, 2013Global Politics

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