They were particularity displeased by the fact that Washington included Jabhat al-Nusra (The Support Front for the People of Syria) on the list of terror organizations.
The recognition of NCSROF as the only legitimate representative of the Syrian
people first by France, the UK, and the GCC countries and later by other states,
including the United States (but only as a “legitimate representative”) opened the
floodgates to the escalation of military confrontation in Syria and direct foreign
intervention.