TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 9 days ago'Al Qaeda is on our side': in Syria dirty war, US empowered a sworn enemywww.aaronmate.netexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link'Al Qaeda is on our side': in Syria dirty war, US empowered a sworn enemywww.aaronmate.netTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews
In a decade-long, multi-billion dollar campaign to overthrow Syria’s government, US support for the insurgency helped create an Al Qaeda safe haven.