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Document Information

Type: News summary / briefing document / congressional oversight record
File Size: 1.17 MB
Summary

This page appears to be a page from a briefing document or news summary (marked with House Oversight Bates stamp 025060). The text includes an excerpt discussing the Syrian Civil War, specifically the fragmentation of the FSA and a recommendation to create elite forces to secure chemical weapons. The bottom of the page lists 'Article 5,' a piece from Foreign Policy magazine by Matthew Levitt titled 'Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side?'

People (2)

Name Role Context
Matthew Levitt Author
Author of the Foreign Policy article listed as Article 5.
Unnamed Syrian Strategist Source/Analyst
Quoted regarding strategy for the FSA and securing chemical weapons.

Organizations (7)

Name Type Context
FSA
Free Syrian Army; described as having become a 'jungle' with fragmented factions.
Foreign Policy
Publication source for Article 5.
United States
Country mentioned as needing to be pressured for a negotiated settlement.
Russia
Country mentioned as needing to be pressured for a negotiated settlement.
United Nations
Organization mentioned as needing to be pressured for a negotiated settlement.
Hezbollah
Subject of the article headline regarding Europe's perception of the group.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025060'.

Locations (3)

Location Context
Mentioned in the title of the Foreign Policy article.
Mentioned in the geopolitical context.
Mentioned in the geopolitical context.

Relationships (1)

Matthew Levitt Author/Publisher Foreign Policy
Byline under article title.

Key Quotes (5)

"But FSA [has] become a jungle."
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"My recommendation is . . . to start working on elite [forces that can] . . . initiate key attacks plus help as a buffer from potential warlords"
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Quote #2
"this unit can handle other key tasks, like securing chemical weapons."
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Quote #3
"the rebels must 'speak to the silent majority, many who did not care about the revolution, and they want their life back.'"
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Quote #4
"Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side?"
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Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (808 characters)

support other parallel solutions, including the political one. But FSA [has] become a jungle. . . . My recommendation is . . . to start working on elite [forces that can] . . . initiate key attacks plus help as a buffer from potential warlords and fights among fragmented FSA factions. Plus, this unit can handle other key tasks, like securing chemical weapons.”
This Syrian strategist argues in another memo that the rebels must “speak to the silent majority, many who did not care about the revolution, and they want their life back.” He said that such a negotiated settlement requires more pressure on the United States, Russia and the United Nations “to find a way out of the deadlock.”
Article 5.
Foreign Policy
Why Does Europe
Pretend Hezbollah Has a
Good Side?
Matthew Levitt
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025060

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