Though an official announcement on the matter has not been made yet, reports are emerging that the Pentagon has suspended the "train and equip" program intended to create a new faction of "pro-US" Syrian rebels, which has been dubbed the New Syrian Forces (NSF).

Two classes of NSF fighters ever reached Syria during the program's history. The first class of 54 fighters was overrun quickly, and "four or five" were confirmed to still be active earlier this month.The second class, estimated at 70-75 fighters, entered Syria ten days ago.

If the first class was a failure, the second class was embarrassingly so, with the group almost immediately surrendering its weapons and vehicles to al-Qaeda. Centcom today released further details about the chain of events leading to this surrender.