Top US diplomat James Jeffrey has admitted that a Syrian rebranded al-Qaeda affiliate was a US “asset” for pursuing Washington’s hegemonic policy in the Middle East.
This file picture shows foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists affiliated with the so-called Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group in Idlib, northwestern Syria. (Photo by Getty Images)
Top US diplomat James Jeffrey has admitted that a Syrian rebranded al-Qaeda affiliate was a US “asset” for pursuing Washington’s hegemonic policy in the Middle East.
Jeffrey, who served as a US ambassador under both Republican and Democrat administrations and most recently as former US President Donald Trump’s special representative for Syria and later as the special envoy to the global anti-Daesh coalition, said the Syrian al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group known today as theHay’atTahrir al-Sham(HTS) terrorist group was “an asset” to the USto undermine the democratically-elected government of Bashar Assad.
The top US diplomat said the HTS militant group, which had emerged from Jabhat al-Nusra and later Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, was the “least bad option” for the United States for implementing its strategy in Idlib…
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