Despite the rhetoric about a global war against Islamist terrorism, the US has long utilised reactionary Islamist groups in the Middle East and Asia. Al-Qaeda was created by the CIA and Pakistani intelligence,

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

A high-level US delegation traveled to Damascus Friday and sat down with Syria’s de-facto leader, a former Jihadist with a long-standing $10 million US bounty on his head who led the swift and successful rebellion against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.