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Promote rebel after American intervention (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise up

'promote' is the definition.
(raise up can mean to promote or lift)

'rebel after american intervention' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'rebel' could be 'rise' (synonyms) and 'rise' is found within the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Another definition for raise up that I've seen is " Lift".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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