It was a sign of Syria's regime weakness that it could not control the situation not some Machiavellian plot by Assad to attack the USA. In fact, Syria and Iran, being Shia ruled had every reason not to encourage Sunni jihadists in favor of Shia jihadists.
So take that State Dept report and shove it up Hillary Clinton's neocon glory hole.
“In fact, Syria and Iran, being Shia ruled had every reason not to encourage Sunni jihadists in favor of Shia jihadists.”
I see you prey on people’s ignorance and stupidity of world events to advance bias and propaganda.
Let’s focus on your keywords of “not to encourgage” as we review the following non ‘Hillary-neocon-butthole-state-department’ public domain sources:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Assad+support+of+Iraqi+insurgency