Timber Sycamore
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timber-sycamore-183-10404457
title:
Timber Sycamore
text:
Timber Sycamore was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and supported by some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the programme was to remove Syrian president Bashar al-Assad from power. Launched in 2012 or 2013, it supplied money, weaponry and training to Syrian opposition groups fighting Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. According to US officials, the program was run by the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
CIA trains/supplies Syrian civil war rebels
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
date created:
2016-09-20T20:47:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T00:12:37Z
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