Not to let jihadists travel south into Syria or convoys with arms shipments, or political figures like John McCain, but to keep the gangs of Al Qaeda and Islamic militias outside. The Free Syrian Army has been routed and commanders have been assassinated by Islamist or Al Qaeda groups.

Britain's policy on Syria has just been sunk, and nobody noticed

(The Independent) - The final bankruptcy of American and British policy in Syria came 10 days ago as Islamic Front, a Saudi-backed Sunni jihadi group, overran the headquarters of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) at Bab al-Hawa on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey. The FSA, along with the Syrian National Coalition, groups that the United States and Britain have been pretending for years are at the heart of Syrian military and political opposition, has been discredited. The remaining FSA fighters are in flight, have changed sides, or are devoting all their efforts to surviving the onslaught from jihadi or al-Qa'ida-linked brigades.

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The US and Britain stopped the delivery of non-lethal aid to the supply depot at Bab al-Hawa as the implications of the disaster sank in. The West's favourite rebel commander, General Salim Idris, was on the run between Turkey and his former chief supporter and paymaster, Qatar. Turkey closed the border, the other side of which is now controlled by the Islamic Front.

Takfiris in Syria execute FSA secretary general

A single source from Teheran has announced the Takfiri terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed secretary general of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) Ammar al-Wawi.

'Sapere aude'