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BEST OF THE WEB: How MI6 helped Al Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seize Syria

On May 12th, US ambassador to Syria 2011 - 2014 Robert Ford gave a talk to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. Over the course of his oratory, he issued a bombshell disclosure - in 2023, a British "non-governmental organisation" specialised in "conflict resolution" made him an extraordinary offer. They sought Ford's personal assistance in transforming - the Al Qaeda and ISIS-offshoot that now claims to rule Syria - from 'terrorists' into p…
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