Wow, you really are blind-by-choice!
From your link:
WashingtonCNN — President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S.
support for Syrian rebels battling President
Bashar al-Assad’s forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday.
Reality:
AI Overview
No, the Syrian rebels were not ISIS, though
ISIS was one of the many groups fighting against the Syrian government. The Syrian rebels were a
diverse coalition of groups with varying goals, including those seeking a democratic government and those with Islamist ideologies, but not all were associated with ISIS.