| Scores of Kuwaitis Fighting in Syria with FSA |
Scores of Kuwaitis have sneaked into Syria via Turkish borders to participate in the so-called "Jihad" against the forces of the Syrian regime, this is what Kuwaiti daily AlQabas reported on Sunday. Citing sources close to the Kuwaiti armed men, the daily adds that in addition to those Kuwaitis, many Saudis, Algerians and Pakistanis are among the foreigners who are fighting with the Free Syrian Army (FSA). According to the paper, the “volunteers” are given Syrian IDs as a precautionary measure in case they were arrested, before they were armed and sent to fight in different locations across the country. Syrian rebel army chief, Colonel Riyadh al-Asaad, denied in comments published Monday that Kuwaitis were fighting alongside his men. "Reports indicating the presence of Arab fighters (in Syria) are totally baseless," Asaad was quoted as saying by Kuwait's Al-Watan newspaper. "There are no non-Syrian members in the FSA which consists only of Syrian soldiers and officers fighting to protect the revolution," the Turkey-based commander of the Free Syrian Army said. |
Dozens of Kuwaitis "fighting Syrian regime"
Published Sunday, June 10, 2012Dozens of Kuwaitis are fighting with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) after crossing from Turkey, the Gulf emirate's Al-Qabas newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the fighters' relatives.
The daily said that "dozens of Kuwaitis have crossed the Turkish-Syrian border with the aim of fighting alongside the FSA against Syrian regime forces."
Relatives of the fighters said they were in contact with them and that "there are large groups from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan" ready to join the armed uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime that broke out in March last year.
Calls to fight alongside the FSA have multiplied in recent weeks on online Islamist social networks in Saudi Arabia.
In response, the kingdom's top religious body issued an edict last week prohibiting Saudis from fighting against Assad's regime without prior approval from the government.
The FSA consists mainly of former troops who have deserted the regular army in protest against the government's bloody crackdown.
The Syrian government has long claimed it is fighting a foreign-backed insurgency, with Gulf monarchies supplying weapons and finance for armed rebels to destroy the regime.
(AFP, Al-Akhbar)
The daily said that "dozens of Kuwaitis have crossed the Turkish-Syrian border with the aim of fighting alongside the FSA against Syrian regime forces."
Relatives of the fighters said they were in contact with them and that "there are large groups from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan" ready to join the armed uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime that broke out in March last year.
Calls to fight alongside the FSA have multiplied in recent weeks on online Islamist social networks in Saudi Arabia.
In response, the kingdom's top religious body issued an edict last week prohibiting Saudis from fighting against Assad's regime without prior approval from the government.
The FSA consists mainly of former troops who have deserted the regular army in protest against the government's bloody crackdown.
The Syrian government has long claimed it is fighting a foreign-backed insurgency, with Gulf monarchies supplying weapons and finance for armed rebels to destroy the regime.
(AFP, Al-Akhbar)
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