Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part II: Syria

... into the fray came Islamist extremist jihadists—including ISIS—even more murderous than Assad’s thugs. Suddenly,... ... 2012 the CIA began helping U.S. allies Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar vet and identify rebels moderate enough to recommend them ... ... in the world in a quarter-century since Saddam Hussein gassed Iraqi Kurds in 1988—near Damascus. Unlike previous reports,... ... publicly by several major Western governments (including that of the United States), Human Rights Watch, and later by the United Nations....