Free Syrian Army ‘sharing experience’ with jihadists
In the Aleppo region of Syria, “moderate rebels“ were caught by the Syrian army while trying to flee the battlefield disguised as women.
Sputnik International reports:
Thirteen members of the Free Syrian Army have defected to the Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra in what a FSA commander described as an “experience-sharing act.”
Abu Hashem, the leader of one of the largest factions of the Free Syrian Army, which is viewed in the West as part of the moderate opposition, justified his men’s defection by the need to fight the common enemy – the forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
“Thirteen members of our brigade have joined the ranks of Jebhat an-Nusra [Jabhat al-Nusra or Nusra Front] to share their combat experience… with their brethren fighting our common enemy – the government forces,” Abu Hashem was quoted as saying by an opposition website.
Abu Hashem’s 500-strong brigade, armed, among other things, with Grad and Katyusha multiple-launch rocket systems and artillery pieces, has been fighting the government forces in the country’s northwestern Idlib province for several months now.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Moscow did not consider the Free Syrian Army as a terrorist organization and was ready to establish contact with its leaders.
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The picture description reads “In the Aleppo region of Syria, “moderate rebels“ were caught by the Syrian army while trying to flee the battlefield disguised as women.”, however the soldiers are wearing Afghanistan army batches.
This photograph of captured Taliban has been taken in Afghanistan back in 2012:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/03/30/meet-the-taliban-transvestites-who-cross-dressed-in-an-attempt-to-infiltrate-u-s-forces/
I shared this on G+ and what is visible is the picture and the headline so people were calling “fake”.
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So-called “moderate” Syrian rebels continue to defect to the jihadists – taking their US-supplied weapons with them.
If they mean to disguise themselves as women, then they need to shave their beards.
That is sort of a tell.
so 13 out of 500 have defected to IS and this is somehow significant? These mercenarys are switching between factions all the time for the most capricious reasons. The alphabet soup of jihadists has one reason of being and that is money. Take that away and they will disappear.