Report: U.S. told allies Assad was collapsing while intel warned of rebels’ defeat

Report: U.S. told allies Assad was collapsing while intel warned of rebels’ defeat

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community, while still assuring allies of his regime’s imminent collapse, determined as early as April 2013 that President Bashar Assad was reversing Sunni rebel gains in Syria. The State Department issued a classified briefing on June 10 that warned of a rebel defeat, particularly that of the […]