US jets will defend favoured rebels in Syria against attack by Assad regime jets, in an extension of their mission which entrenches America and its allies further in the civil war.
The first “authorised rebel” fighters trained by the US army in Turkey crossed over into Syria last month – though a number of men from the brigade they joined were subsequently kidnapped by al-Qaeda’s local affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra.
One reason the fighters are distrusted by the other rebels is that the United States, as well as bombing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) from the air, is also attacking elements within Jabhat al-Nusra, which has proved the most formidable opponent of the regime and is allied with rebel groups who do not share its ideology.
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