France Is Now The Most Prominent Backer Of Syria's Rebels

France Funding Syrian Rebels In New Push To Oust Assad -- The Guardian

Money delivered by French government proxies across Turkish border has been used to buy weapons and ammunition

France has emerged as the most prominent backer of Syria's armed opposition and is now directly funding rebel groups around Aleppo as part of a new push to oust the embattled Assad regime.

Large sums of cash have been delivered by French government proxies across the Turkish border to rebel commanders in the past month, diplomatic sources have confirmed. The money has been used to buy weapons inside Syria and to fund armed operations against loyalist forces.

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My Comment: According to recent reports .... the French already have their military advisers in Syria, resulting in close Assad ally Iran stating that France is now at war against Syria. As to why France is doing all of this .... there is some interesting speculation here.