Question the credibility of the author and suggest that the world is not divided into clear good and evil sides.
And yet riel she has been to Allepo four times now.  Has this author ever been there?  I get it you are low effort and feel the need to believe the world is good vs evil.  Guess what it is merely shades of grey when it comes to Foreign or domestic powers.  There are NO good guys but there are lots of dupes.