Are al-Qaeda Affiliates Fighting Alongside U.S. Rebels in Syria’s South?

Sharmine Narwani, theamericanconservative.com

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If forced to choose, Israel prefers the presence of terrorist groups to Iranian influence.

Multiple sources confirm this in Daraa [JB: see] and insist that that there are only a handful of Hezbollah advisors—not fighters—in the entire governorate.

So why the spin? “This is a public diplomacy [JB emphasis] effort to make the West look like they’ve forced Iran and Hezbollah out of the south,” explains General Issa [JB - see]. ...