The Washington Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on the US training program for Syrian fighters and the Assad regime:
Fred Hof, a former senior State Department official now at the Atlantic Council, said the U.S.-backed force was sure to come into conflict with Syrian troops.
“I think even the U.S. is coming to the conclusion that an awful lot of the time spent on the ground in Syria will be fighting the Assad regime,” he said.