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When large‐​scale demonstrations broke out against the regime of Bashar al‐​Assad in early 2011, Barack Obama’s administration promptly exploited the situation and began to back anti‐​regime factions. As those demonstrations evolved into an armed insurgency later that year, Washington cooperated closely with outside sponsors of the rebellion, especially Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to channel financial and logistical assistance to the insurgents. By September 2013, Washington was openly sending arms and money of its own to the rebels. In addition to interfering in Syria’s internal affairs by aiding an insurgency, U.S. leaders have repeatedly misled the American people about the nature of the factions Washington supports. Speaking in September 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the armed opposition to Assad “has increasingly become more defined by its moderation, more defined by the breadth of its adherence to … democratic process and to an all‐​in

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