SOHR: US attacks in Syria, targets Nusra & Ahrar Al Sham

SOHR: US attacks in Syria, targets Nusra and Ahrar Al Sham.

Two observations:

1) There is a certain mission creep here as the US targets Ahrar. It should be noticed that Ahrar was one of the leading groups in the last rebel war against ISIS. In fact, the abduction and killing of an Ahrar commander served a trigger for the outbreak of the hostilities.

2) The fact remains that while neither the barrel bombing of rebel held areas, nor the alleged chemical attacks in Ghouta and elsewhere triggered US military action against Syrian regime, the US campaign in Syria has now deteriorated to targeting key rebel groups while allowing the Syrian army to better focus its forces on the rest of the rebel groups.

The unavoidable conclusion is that the US has probably already lost the war for Sunni hearts and minds amid escalating suspicions on the part of the Syrian rebels and their supporters about the true motives of the US military intervention in Syria

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Date: November 6, 2014

Coalition warplanes targeted vehicle for Jabhat al-Nusra in Sarmada town near Syria-Turkey borders, and its HQ in Harim city, reports of human losses ( including 2 children ). Coalition warplanes also targeted for the first time a HQ for Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement in Basbqa town near Bab al-Hawa crossing. }