Editing Blowback (intelligence) (section)

===Syria and ISIS===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], the United States and [[Saudi Arabia]] supported and aided anti-[[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] armed groups.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/12/politics/syria-arming-rebels/ Official says CIA-funded weapons have begun to reach Syrian rebels; rebels deny receipt], ''CNN''.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-saudi-insight-idUSBRE94U0ZV20130531 Saudi edges Qatar to control Syrian rebel support] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001104032/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/us-syria-crisis-saudi-insight-idUSBRE94U0ZV20130531 |date=2015-10-01 }}, ''Reuters''.</ref> Some of those groups later shifted loyalty to [[ISIS]].<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/isis-saudi-arabia-iraq-syria-bandar/373181/ 'Thank God for the Saudis': ISIS, Iraq, and the Lessons of Blowback], ''[[The Atlantic]]''.</ref>