While I don’t doubt there’s considerable bullshit wrapped up in any of these stories….

…the idea that the person ‘can’t be a legit refugee’ because their timeline doesn’t match up to something something “when ISIS happened to be in certain locations” is pretty stupid.

e.g.
“”‘ISIS was not in Damascus either three years ago when Kurdi claims he lived there. ISIS entered only a small rural part of northern Damascus last year and targeted a remote refugee camp with “Palestinians” earlier in 2015 and were pushed out. ISIS is present in a quarter of the country in Northern Syria, not in the South.'”

The Syrian civil war has been going on since 2011, and was very much in Damascus in the early days of the war. The syrian army killed 1000s. There was open warfare in major cities in the early days.

“”In January 2012, Assad began using large-scale artillery operations against the insurgency, which led to the destruction of many civilian homes due to indiscriminate shelling.[159][160]… January saw intensified clashes around the suburbs of Damascus, with the Syrian Army use of tanks and artillery becoming common. “

It wasn’t until recently (2013-now) that “ISIS” was even a factor.

The entire first 1/3 of that piece tries to discredit the person, claiming he “never lived in a war zone”. While its possible they’re right… the argument they make is facile, intending to appeal to people entirely ignorant of what has been going on for the last 5 years.