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==Syria and Iraq==
==Syria and Iraq==
[[File:The Hero.PNG|right|275px|thumb|Conan, the hero dog who took down Ibrahim bin ‘Awad bin Ibrahim al-Badri ar-Radawi al-Husseini as-Samara’i, real name Ibrahim ibn Awwad al-Badri al-Samarrai (b. 1971) a.k.a. Abu Du'a and [[Caliph Ibrahim al-Badri]], alleged descendant of the [[Prophet Muhammad]], Commander of the Faithful (''Amir al-Mu'minin'') and [[Caliph]] of all Muslims.]]
[[File:The Hero.PNG|right|275px|thumb|Conan, the hero dog who took down Ibrahim bin ‘Awad bin Ibrahim al-Badri ar-Radawi al-Husseini as-Samara’i, real name Ibrahim ibn Awwad al-Badri al-Samarrai (b. 1971) a.k.a. Abu Du'a and [[Caliph Ibrahim al-Badri]], alleged descendant of the [[Prophet Muhammad]], Commander of the Faithful (''Amir al-Mu'minin'') and [[Caliph]] of all Muslims.]]
ISIS has been fighting in the [[Syrian Civil War]] against [[Bashar al-Assad]] and is known for killing [[Christians in Syria]]. Though the Syrian dictator himself, oppresses all his oeople. An estimated 5,000 Yazidis have been killed by ISIS in a genocide.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=Steve|title=Full horror of the Yazidis who didn’t escape Mount Sinjar: UN confirms 5,000 men were executed and 7,000 women are now kept as sex slaves|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2792552/full-horror-yazidis-didn-t-escape-mount-sinjar-confirms-5-000-men-executed-7-000-women-kept-sex-slaves.html|publisher=''The [[Daily Mail]]''|date=14 October 2014|location=London}}</ref><ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/majid-rafizadeh/killings-of-christians-by-islamists-doubled-in-2013/</ref>
ISIS, among others have also been fighting in the [[Syrian Civil War]] against [[Bashar al-Assad]] and is known for killing [[Christians in Syria]]. Though the Syrian dictator himself, oppresses all his oeople. An estimated 5,000 Yazidis have been killed by ISIS in a genocide.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=Steve|title=Full horror of the Yazidis who didn’t escape Mount Sinjar: UN confirms 5,000 men were executed and 7,000 women are now kept as sex slaves|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2792552/full-horror-yazidis-didn-t-escape-mount-sinjar-confirms-5-000-men-executed-7-000-women-kept-sex-slaves.html|publisher=''The [[Daily Mail]]''|date=14 October 2014|location=London}}</ref><ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/majid-rafizadeh/killings-of-christians-by-islamists-doubled-in-2013/</ref>
Yet, the Assad regime itseLf aLso aided ISIS.<ref name=lawfare/>
In 2014 IS took control of the Iraqi cities of [[Fallujah]] and [[Mosul]]. Since then Christians in Mosul have to pay "Protection taxes" for their [[faith]].<ref>http://www.aina.org/news/20140627135156.htm</ref> In 2015 IS defeated Iraqi troops and seized the city of Ramadi. IS now controls all the border areas between Syria and Iraqi.
In 2014 IS took control of the Iraqi cities of [[Fallujah]] and [[Mosul]]. Since then Christians in Mosul have to pay "Protection taxes" for their [[faith]].<ref>http://www.aina.org/news/20140627135156.htm</ref> In 2015 IS defeated Iraqi troops and seized the city of Ramadi. IS now controls all the border areas between Syria and Iraqi.
[[Edward Snowden]] leaked detail a program that trained approximately 10,000 rebel fighters at a cost of $1 billion a year.<ref>http://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/</ref>
[[Edward Snowden]] leaked detail a program that trained approximately 10,000 rebel fighters at a cost of $1 billion a year.<ref>http://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/</ref>
And had pressured others to do the same.
Sadly, some weapons went to ISIS.
Some rebels fought against ISIS.<ref>[https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us-backed-syrian-rebels-destroy-drugs-used-by-isis-fighters-as-chemical-courage-1.533401 US-backed Syrian rebels destroy drugs used by ISIS fighters as ‘chemical courage'], June 18, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/7741b9d6-ff90-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521 US-backed Syrian rebels take last big town under Isis control], FT, Dec 14, 2018.</ref>
On the other hand, the Syrian government, tge oppressive regime of Bashar al-Assad consistently supported the Islamic State.
{{Cquote|The regime of Bashar al-Assad consistently supported the Islamic State (ISIS) when the group controlled significant amounts of territory, even as the regime struggled to retake control of Syrian territory from the various rebel groups engaged in the Syrian civil war, including ISIS. One key tactic of the regime’s strategy was to focus its military efforts against the moderate Syrian rebel groups opposing the Assad dictatorship, in particular the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and not the Islamic State group. Assad typically would be involved in any major decisions, and government officials would be wary of the consequences of making sensitive decisions or taking sensitive actions without Assad’s prior approval. It is therefore inconceivable that Syrian intelligence could have assisted, facilitated or tolerated ISIS operatives without prior decision-making at the highest levels of the Syrian government. The Syrian regime made this strategic decision to enable and facilitate the continued survival of the Islamic State in Syria in an effort to paint all of the Syrian opposition as “terrorists.”<ref name=lawfare>[https://www.lawfareblog.com/assad-regimes-business-model-supporting-islamic-state The Assad Regime’s Business Model for Supporting the Islamic State], Lawfare, September 26, 2021.</ref>}}
==See also==
==See also==