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*[https://www.apnews.com/b35c5ac2cdee48dda3eefaaece769d06 https://apnews.com/b35c5ac2cdee48dda3eefaaece769d06 Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group]. ''Associated Press''. October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.</ref>

*[https://www.apnews.com/b35c5ac2cdee48dda3eefaaece769d06 https://apnews.com/b35c5ac2cdee48dda3eefaaece769d06 Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group]. ''Associated Press''. October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.</ref>

In February 2012 NSC staffer [[Jake Sullivan]] informed [[Hillary Clinton]] that "Al Qaeda is on our side" in the plot to take down Syrian leader Basha al Assad.  ''Reuters'' reported on August 1, 2012 that Barack Obama signed a Presidential Finding earlier in that year authorizing transfer of captured weapons from Libya to groups in Syria that later became known as the Islamic State.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061621/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/obama-secret-syria-order_n_1730712.html?tw_p=twt

In February 2012 NSC staffer [[Jake Sullivan]] informed [[Hillary Clinton]] that "Al Qaeda is on our side" in the plot to take down Syrian leader Basha al Assad.  ''Reuters'' reported on August 1, 2012 that Barack Obama signed a Presidential Finding earlier that same year authorizing transfer of captured weapons from Libya to groups in Syria that later became known as the Islamic State.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061621/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/obama-secret-syria-order_n_1730712.html?tw_p=twt

{{Quotebox|under provisions of the presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret command center operated by Turkey and its allies.<br>

{{Quotebox|under provisions of the presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret command center operated by Turkey and its allies.<br>