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Syrie : l’EI appelle au jihad contre la Russie et les Etats-Unis - Libération
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Sur les lignes de front, des groupes rebelles non islamistes ont affirmé mardi avoir reçu des Etats-Unis des missiles antichars TOW qui leur permettent de contrer l’avancée des troupes du régime dans les provinces de Hama (centre) et Idleb (nord-ouest).
U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/world/middleeast/syria-russia-airstrikes.html
Even in smaller quantities, the missiles played a major role in the insurgent advances that eventually endangered Mr. Assad’s rule. While that would seem like a welcome development for United States policy makers, in practice it presented another quandary, given that the Nusra Front was among the groups benefiting from the enhanced firepower.
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  Putin Says U.S. Fails to Cooperate in Syria - The New York Times
  ▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/world/europe/putin-complains-about-us-cooperation-on-syria.html
  Russian and U.S. Airstrikes Show Differing Goals
  Both countries have said they want to defeat terrorist groups like the Islamic State, but in Syria, Russia’s definition of terrorist encompasses some groups that are allies of the United States.
  En haut les bombardements russes, en bas ceux étasuniens, Les « zones rebelles » sont en jaune :
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  A aucun moment n’est établie une séparation entre les « non-islamistes » et les « islamistes » parmi les rebelles aidés par les #Etats-Unis.
  
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  US Arms Shipments Fuel Proxy War With Russia Over Syria — News from Antiwar.com
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  So the US strategy in Syria is shifting once again, initially focused on regime change, then focused on destroying ISIS, and now, having given up more or less on both of those, they just want to see Russia fail, and the administration seems comfortable with the possibility that US-made weapons will be destroying Russian tanks and helicopters.
  This proxy war is also bringing the US closer to a de facto alliance with al-Qaeda, as the efforts to undermine Russia run squarely through al-Qaeda-held Idlib, and “stopping” Russia at this point means further consolidating al-Qaeda control over northwest Syria.
  
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  «groupes rebelles non islamistes» Y’en a encore? Des infos? Si possible.
  
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  Gareth Porter:
  ▻http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2015/10/16/obama-wont-admit-the-real-targets-of-russian-airstrikes
  Sly never refers to the “Army of Conquest” victory in Idlib or acknowledges that al-Nusra Front was the main benefactor of the CIA program. Her story quotes a proponent of the program, former US ambassador Robert Ford, as assuring us that the system prevented the missiles from “falling into extremist hands,” and that he was aware of only two TOW missiles having been obtained by al-Nusra.
  Sly reported a very different story in March, however, after the dissolution of Harakat Hazm, the main CIA-supported “moderate rebel group” remaining in the north, following its complete defeat by al-Nusra Front. The victorious al-Nusra announced publicly, according to Sly’s report, that it had seized the TOW antitank missiles the CIA had supplied to Harakat Hazm when it occupied the groups headquarters near Aleppo. Moreover, the Saudis reportedly had ownership of TOW missiles, and they and the Qataris had already been funneling arms to al-Nusra Front, as Vice-President Joe Biden revealed in October 2014.
  It is astonishing that at this late date, anyone in the media could still be seriously suggesting that the CIA somehow managed to turn the “moderate” Syrian rebels into a powerful offensive force threatening the Assad regime in the north. Since the Idlib victory, it is generally understood that the primary threat to drive the Assad regime from power comes from al-Nusra Front and the forces allied with it, and not from the Islamic State – and certainly not the mythical “moderate rebels”.
  It is easy to understand why the Obama administration is not interested in talking about the role of al-Nusra in the present Syrian political-military situation. According to Sly’s source, the covert operation to provide the TOW missiles to the Army of Conquest was aimed at putting “sufficient pressure on Assad’s forces to persuade him to compromise but not so much that his government would precipitously collapse and leave a dangerous power vacuum”.
  The Obama administration strategy on Syria assumed a degree of control that is so obviously unrealistic that it was inherently risky to the point of recklessness. That is why no one in the administration or the news media is discussing the reality that the Russian offensive is targeting the biggest jihadist threat to the Assad regime.
  
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Syrian rebel group that got U.S. aid dissolves
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The first Syrian rebel group to be given U.S. weapons collapsed Sunday after losing control of its headquarters to Syria’s main al-Qaeda affiliate, further complicating American-led efforts to counter the rise of extremism in Syria.
The rout of Harakat Hazm, whose name means Steadfastness Movement, culminated months of clashes with the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra in which the moderate group first was pushed from its main headquarters in the northern Syrian province of Idlib and then was ousted Sunday from its new base in the province of Aleppo.
After losing this latest battle, Hazm said in a statement circulated on social media that the movement had been dissolved “in an effort to halt the bloodshed” and that surviving members would be absorbed into a new rebel coalition called the Shamiyah Front.
Nusra fighters boasted on Twitter that they had seized control of U.S.-made TOW anti-tank missiles and other American aid provided to Hazm when they overran the rebels’ headquarters in the town of Atarib in the province of Aleppo. The claims could not be verified, and American supplies of weaponry to moderate rebels in northern Syria had in any case been scaled back in recent months since the battles with Nusra began.
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Syrian rebels defect to Al-Qaeda after receiving weapons from U.S. to fight ISIS, Assad | National Post
▻http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/03/syrian-rebels-defect-to-al-qaeda-after-receiving-weapons-from-u-s
The collapse of the SRF [Syrian Revolutionnary Front] and attacks on Harakat Hazm have dramatically weakened the presence of moderate rebel fighting groups in Syria, which, after almost four years of conflict, is becoming a battle ground between the Syrian regime and jihadist organizations.
It was not immediately clear if American Tow missiles were among the stockpile surrendered to Jabhat Al-Nusra on Saturday. However, several Jabhat Al-Nusra members on Twitter announced that they were. The loss of a group that had been held up as an example of Western efforts to court moderate rebel factions is a humiliating blow for Washington. In Idlib, Harakat Hazm gave up their positions to Jabhat Al-Nusra “without firing a shot,” according to some reports, and some of the men even defected to the jihadists.
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Les rebelles syriens et Al-Nosra s’affrontent sur le champ de bataille et sur le web | Syrie
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Hazzem comme le FRS ont des relations avec l’Occident et sont favorables à l’instauration d’un État démocratique en Syrie alors que le Front Al-Nosra et le groupe État islamique (EI) combattent pour un État théocratique.
Des militants ont publié une vidéo montrant le chef du FRS Jamal Maarouf, en habit militaire marchant avec ses combattants. Il lance à l’adresse du chef d’Al-Nosra Abou Mohammad al-Jolani : « Tu as terni le nom de l’islam, tu as terni la religion. Pourquoi tu nous attaques ? Vas combattre contre le régime ! ».
« Tu n’es rien, tu es identique à Baghdadi, espèce de salaud », ajoute-t-il.
Jamal Maarouf fait référence à Abou Bakr al-Baghdadi, qui dirige l’EI, un groupe connu pour sa brutalité inouïe.
Al-Nosra lui répond via twitter l’accusant de « corruption « et de « s’éloigner de la révolution ».
La province d’Idleb a été une des premières à tomber aux mains des rebelles après le début du soulèvement de 2011 en Syrie.
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  Syrian rebels armed and trained by US surrender to al-Qaeda - Telegraph
  ▻http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11203825/Syrian-rebels-armed-and-trained-by-US-surrender-to-al-Qaeda.html
  For the last six months the Hazm movement, and the SRF through them, had been receiving heavy weapons from the US-led coalition, including GRAD rockets and TOW anti-tank missiles.
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  “As a movement, the SRF is effectively finished,” said Aymen al-Tammimi, a Syria analyst. “Nusra has driven them out of their strongholds of Idlib and Hama.”
  The collapse of the SRF and attacks on Harakat Hazm have dramatically weakened the presence of moderate rebel fighting groups in Syria, which, after almost four years of conflict is increasingly becoming a battle ground between the Syrian regime and jihadist organisations.
  For the United States, the weapons they supplied falling into the hands of al-Qaeda is a realisation of a nightmare.
  It was not immediately clear if American TOW missiles were among the stockpile surrendered to Jabhat al-Nusra on Saturday. However several Jabhat al-Nusra members on Twitter announced triumphantly that they were.
  Also the loss of a group that had been held up to the international media as being exemplary of Western efforts in Syria is a humiliating blow at the time that the US is increasing its military involvement in the country, with both air strikes and training of local rebels.
  In Idlib, Harakat Hazm gave up their positions to Jabhat al-Nusra “without firing a shot” , according to some reports, and some of the men even defected to the jihadists.
  In Aleppo, where Harakat Hazm also has a presence, the group has survived, but only by signing a ceasefire agreement with Jabhat al-Nusra, and giving up some of their checkpoints to the group.
  Activists circulated the ceasefire document on social media last week.
  
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US-backed Hazm Movement, Muhajireen Army working together in Aleppo
▻http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/10/us-backed_hazm_movement_muhaji.php
The U.S.-backed Harakat Hazm, or Hazm Movement, has joined several groups, including Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, a Chechen-led jihadist group, and the Islamist Jaish Mujahideen (Army of Mujahideen) in fighting the Assad regime in the Handarat District of Aleppo.
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Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar (the Army of the Emigrants and Helpers), also known as the Muhajireen Army, is an #al_Qaeda allied jihadist group...
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Underscoring the complexity of vetting Syrian rebel groups for US assistance, on September 23, the US-backed Hazm Movement released a statement condemning the recent coalition airstrikes in Syria:
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The Hazm Movement is also known to fight alongside the Al Nusrah Front. An LA Times article in early September quotes a Hazm fighter as saying, “Inside Syria we became labeled as secularists and feared Nusrah Front was going to battle us. But Nusrah doesn’t fight us, we actually fight alongside them. We like Nusrah.”
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Harakat Hazm: America’s new favorite jihadist group | Al Akhbar English
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t is certain that the TOW missiles did not reach Harakat Hazm directly from the US, but through “friendly countries,” according to statements made by Abdullah Awda (the general military commander) to Liz Sly from the Washington Post, who was visiting one of Hazm’s main bases in the Idlib countryside. Awda refused to give more details about the source of the missiles, but “the donors made clear to him that the delivery had U.S. approval.”
It is likely that the Turkish government was the donor, especially in light of statements made by an opposition source to Al-Akhbar. “Harakat Hazm is the latest bet by the Turks, Qataris, and the Muslim Brotherhood. It is competing with the Syrian Revolutionaries Front (led by Jamal Maarouf) to win American support,” he explained. It is known that the Syrian Revolutionaries Front had been the Saudi candidate for explicit Western support.
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#Harakat_Hazm : America’s new favorite jihadist group
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A rebel fighter rests in a safe house in the Bustan al-Basha district of #Aleppo on May 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP-AMC/Zein al-Rifai) A rebel fighter rests in a safe house in the Bustan al-Basha district of Aleppo on May 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP-AMC/Zein al-Rifai)
Harakat Hazm [the Steadfast Movement] boldly revealed itself on the Syrian arena after they published video clips showing they now had US-made TOW anti-tank missiles in their possession. The media has portrayed the group as a “secular moderate faction deserving support.” However, Al-Akhbar reveals that Harakat Hazm has a much longer and different history than what has been reported.
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