Donald Trump confirms covert CIA programme in Syria on Twitter

Donald Trump appears to have inadvertently confirmed the existence of a covert CIA programme in a Twitter post.In a series of tweets, the US President attacked The Washington Post in connection with a story about the termination of US efforts to aid rebels fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.The tweet appeared to refer to a report claiming the US President was phasing out the secret programme to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels, a policy began by Barack Obama in 2013.