> Assad wants ISIS to linger around since the focus would be on it rather than him, This is absolutely bullshit propaganda trying to tie Assad to ISIS. The Sy

> Assad wants ISIS to linger around since the focus would be on it rather than him, This is absolutely bullshit propaganda trying to tie Assad to ISIS. The Syrian Armed Forces have been the most effective fighting force against ISIS and it's creation has been infinitely problematic for it - from the capture of key oil fields, the capture of Hasaka and Der Zor (and key Air Force fields), to the ideological turn against the Shia/Baathist government based in Alawite territory. I don't know where you heard this, but you should carefully check that source. > Sunni militias (freedom fighters according to US kind of like 80s afghanistan) I don't know if you know how ironic that is... > Turks do not wants Kurds to be powerful and are interested in marginalizing them in Northern Syria Definitely. > Kurds want to fight ISIS with help of US and score brownie points for Kurdistan. Mostly they are just interested in obtaining autonomous Kurdish zones, like Kojave in Northern Syria. We have not gotten the Kurds to invade further South. Their involvement in Iraq has been similarly in land near Kurdish territory. > Sunni militias do not have much problem with ISIS want to fight the Alawite regime and make Syria Sunni Again More than that many have made core alliances with them, with the FSA rebuking the US labeling of ISIS a terrorist organization. > To say the least its a giant clusterfuck and US is willingly in bed with Al Qaeda ( wannabes like Al-Nusra front) Amen. Though Nusra is hardly a 'wannabe'...