USA on kyllä kavereiden kanssa käytännössä tuhonnut ISIS:n Syyriasta, eli taidat elää vähän jossain toisessa vuodessa kuin 2018.
Syyrian sisällissodan alkaminen ei liittynyt Yhdysvaltoihin mitenkään vaan Syyrian sisäisiin erimielisyyksiin.
Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War - Wikipedia
Syyrian yhteenotot leimahti kunnon sisällissodaksi keväällä ja kesällä 2012. CIA oli kouluttamassa kapinallisia samana vuonna ainakin jo kesäkuussa. Kenties jo aiemmin.
"In June 2012, the CIA was reported to be involved in covert operations along the Turkish-Syrian border, where agents investigated rebel groups, recommending arms providers which groups to give aid to. Agents also helped opposition forces develop supply routes, and provided them with communications training.
[73] CIA operatives distributed assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition. The State Department has reportedly allocated $15 million for civilian opposition groups in Syria.
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In early March 2013, a Jordanian security source revealed that the U.S., Britain, and France were training non-Islamist rebels in Jordan. In an effort to strengthen secular elements in the opposition as a bulwark against Islamic extremism, and to begin building security forces to maintain order in the event of Bashar al-Assad's fall.
[76] In April 2013, also in Jordan, the United States had set up a $70 million program in the country "that is training the kingdom's special forces to identify and secure chemical-weapons sites across Syria should the regime fall and the wrong rebels look like getting their hands on them."
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In April 2013, the Obama administration promised to double non-lethal aid to rebels, specifically to $250 million."
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Jane's Defence Weekly reported a U.S. shipment of 994 tonnes of weapons and ammunition (including packaging and container weight) in December 2015 from Eastern Europe to Syrian rebel groups, including
9M17 Fleyta anti-tank missiles,
RPG-7s,
AK-47S,
DShKs, and
PKMs. A detailed list of weapon types and shipment weights had been obtained from the US government's Federal Business Opportunities website.
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Isisillä on 2018 ollut vielä toimintaa Syyriassa. Eikä sitä nyt täysin tulla lyömään pitkään aikaan vaikka näkyvistä häviäisikin.