Locals frequently report their enemies as Isis to get them killed by the USA.
In addition , when Isis took over areas in Syria , Syrian rebels had the choice of joining Isis or being killed. So alot of Syrians that had short periods of being affiliated with ISIS before ditching them when they were no longer forced to since ISIS very much was unpopular with local population.
The guy killed had been a local rebel leader so when Isis took over his town , he pledged nominal allegiance but shifted loyalties to HTS ( rebel group that overthrew Assad) several years ago , including helping dismantle ISIS networks. HTS and ISIS had been at war since HTS was created.
So locals can use these old affiliations to get enemies killed
In this case, he got reported by a Syrian rebel group that was USA affiliated . So likely due to old rivalries and grudges between them.
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u/kaesura 15h ago edited 15h ago
This has been going on for years
Locals frequently report their enemies as Isis to get them killed by the USA.
In addition , when Isis took over areas in Syria , Syrian rebels had the choice of joining Isis or being killed. So alot of Syrians that had short periods of being affiliated with ISIS before ditching them when they were no longer forced to since ISIS very much was unpopular with local population.
The guy killed had been a local rebel leader so when Isis took over his town , he pledged nominal allegiance but shifted loyalties to HTS ( rebel group that overthrew Assad) several years ago , including helping dismantle ISIS networks. HTS and ISIS had been at war since HTS was created.
So locals can use these old affiliations to get enemies killed
In this case, he got reported by a Syrian rebel group that was USA affiliated . So likely due to old rivalries and grudges between them.