I do : > The Turkey-backed FSA's wages are paid for by the Turkish government, they operate alongside the Turkish Armed Forces https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki

I do : > The Turkey-backed FSA's wages are paid for by the Turkish government, they operate alongside the Turkish Armed Forces https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_National_Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_National_Army As for their terrorist proclivities:. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/14/turkish-backed-forces-freeing-islamic-state-prisoners-syria/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/14/turkish-backed-forces-f... To be fair though, they basically took over the CIA operations.