It looks similar America's "astroturf" regular army inward the South of Syrian Arab Republic is starting to disappear similar a desert mirage, amongst reports of two split upwards groups of Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra fighters defecting to bring together the forces of President Assad.
Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra is essentially a imitation proxy regular army drummed upwards past times American particular forces as well as USA ally the Kingdom of Jordan, but amongst piddling organic back upwards amid the Syrian people. Its role is to justify a USA presence in Southern Syria, aimed at isolating the Assad regime. But these defections are a farther blow to America's failed Syrian Arab Republic strategy.
In 1 of the cases, a team leader, named Abu Housse, reportedly defected to the authorities side amongst 10 men, a vehicle, as well as iii heavy car guns. This happened of late inward the expanse around the At-Tanf armed services base of operations where USA as well as British forces are located. The base of operations was laid to back upwards non-ISIS rebel fighters inward the South of Syrian Arab Republic inward an endeavor to block communications betwixt the Assad authorities as well as the sympathetic Shiite regime inward Iraq.
Although the USA as well as its allies accept poured inward millions to back upwards a "phantom" Southern rebel army, at that topographic point has been piddling back upwards amid actual Syrians. Now Syrian authorities forces are inward the ascendant inward the area, as well as were exclusively held dorsum from At-Tanf past times a deadly airstrike a few weeks ago.
Previously the Pentagon announced that the USA was cutting its back upwards for some other dubious guerrilla group operating inward the same area, the Shuhada al-Qaryatayn Brigade.
These recent defections as well as desertions advise that the rebel fighters inward the South of Syrian Arab Republic straight off realize that USA back upwards for them is lukewarm as well as diminishing. They likewise realize that at that topographic point is no promise of victory against the ascendant Syrian authorities forces inward this purpose of the country.