Alwaght- 75 US-trained Syrian militants, good terrorists, reportedly gave in a weapons stockpile to the al-Nusra Front Terrorist group after infiltrating into Syria through Turkish border.
There have been conflicting reports as to whether the recruits betrayed the US or were captured, RT reported.
The Telegraph cited sources claiming that the so-called “moderate” rebel group, known as Division 30, had surrendered their weapons to the Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group fighting in Syria.
The British newspaper quoted a Twitter statement from a man claiming to be a member of al-Nusra Front named Abu Fahd al-Tunisi: “A strong slap for America... the new group from Division 30 that entered yesterday hands over all of its weapons to al-Nusra Front after being granted safe passage.”
“They handed over a very large amount of ammunition and medium weaponry and a number of pick-ups,” he wrote.
Another man, Abu Khattab al-Maqdisi, who also claims to be a member of the terrorist group, said that Division 30’s commander, Anas Ibrahim Obaid, told al-Nusra Front’s leaders that he had tricked the American-led coalition to get his hands on their weapons, RT cited The Telegraph as reprting.
“He promised to issue a statement... repudiating Division 30, the coalition, and those who trained him,” Maqdisi tweeted.“And he also gave a large amount of weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra.”
The loss of trainees and weapons is a second major setback for the US-backed program. Last month, the first group of 54 recruits was attacked by al-Nusra Front as they were returning to Syria and several people were kidnapped.
Senior US-trained rebel resigns, says program ‘not serious’
To make matters worse, the US-backed program’s chief of staff resigned this weekend, blasting the training program as "lacking seriousness.”
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad al-Dhaher said in a statement that there are insufficient numbers of trainees and fighters, poor supplies, and “a lack of accuracy and method in the selection of Division 30’s cadres.”
According to Dhaher, the training failed to teach even the most basic functions of a brigade, such as “the ability to work "together and “heterogeneity” in terms of the unit’s objective. Apparently, the “moderate” rebel fighters had varying understandings of their mission’s goal.
The $500 million program has already been heavily criticized.
