it was the "moderate" US-backed FSA factions that were some of the biggest advocates of their al-Qaeda partners being included in the truce.

to represent the rebel opposition in talks with the UN

9

% saying the FSA represents the Syrian people

that his US-handlers had instructed him to send weapons to al-Qaeda

according to the CIA and the intelligence communities' own data, this is false

For further analysis, see Moon of Alabama, February 20, 2016, "U.S. Ignores Own UNSC Resolution - Tells Russia "Stop Bombing Al-Qaeda!" http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/02/us-ignores-own-unsc-resolution-tells-russia-stop-bombing-al-qaeda.html. Syria Direct, "Five rebel spokesmen, commanders react to 'cessation of hostilities' to take effect Saturday." February 25, 2016.http://syriadirect.org/news/five-rebel-spokesmen-commanders-react-to-cessation-of-hostilities-to-take-effect-Saturday/#.Vs-kDMO3y9U.twitter. Cockburn, Patrick. "Jihadists Hijack the Syria Uprising." The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution (Brooklyn, NY, 2015), pg. 84-5. Print. Cockburn, Patrick, "The Rise of ISIS", The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution (Brooklyn, NY, 2015), pg. 3. Print.