David Ignatius reports in a Washington Post op-ed that “according to sources familiar with Ukrainian military activities abroad, Kyiv provided support to the Islamist militia, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), in it successful effort to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Specifically, it dispatched “about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel headquarters in Idlib.” Although modest, Ukrainian support to the rebellion has been ongoing: Kyiv Post, Ukrainian Special Forces and Syrian Rebels Decimate Russian Mercenaries in Syria.
