Did Assad Really Help Build ISIS? An Examination of the EvidenceJanuary 18, 2017 michaeldegerald Uncategorized9/11, Assad, Iraq War, ISIS, Syria, terrorism
OVERVIEW
This article uses publicly available evidence from 2003-2010 and to explore the accusation that Bashar al Assad and the Syrian government deliberately supported Al-Qaeda jihadis in Syria so they could carry out attacks in Iraq. As these years were the formative ones for ISIS, then known by a series of different names, the evidence strongly, but not conclusively, points to Syria having helped ISIS form. There is no evidence that Syria intended for the jihadi group to grow into what it has become, but rather that Syria seems to have supported it for short-term, strategic ends.
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