Syria never let AQ train in the country. The Eastern region of Syria and Iraq were literally the wild wild west, Central Syria power never went that far east.. So much so US could never stop it on the Iraq side either.. So let's understand that. Syrian/Iraq border area was very open despite US watching over it very closely for years and even the US "missed" ISIS.
Though I think US with Turkey wanted to US ISIS to go after Assad. Basically turning a blind eye. So how about you answer for that?
The world is NOT black and white despite how many times we Americans try to say it is. Hezbollah has a political wing and is actually recognized by EU and UK as a political party. EU and UK be default support them as all money is fungible. Just as the US didn't go after Irish-American groups going back to 1920 who raised money for Sinn Fein (Provisional IRA) and turned a blind eye to rampant amounts of ammo and weapons being shipped from the US to Ireland. Weapons like Tommy Gun (which Michael Collins' IRA bought from Colt directly), Armalite's AR-15 (our M16), AR-18 and the big boys that found their way to Ireland in the late 1980s and 1990s.. the Barret M82 and M90.
So it's perspective.
Wrong. Alawites were never given power and was sold out by the French in 1937 and later again when it gave land to Turkey (now Hatay Province). Alawites asked to stay part of France and was denied. It was a good 18 years post French rule that t
he Assad's took over (via the Ba'ath Party).