Mass Media: 500 militants of al-Qaeda are fighting in Syria / Russian peacekeeper

Recently, the news appears quite regularly that on the side of the militants a rather large number of foreigners are fighting in Syria. In any event, lack of information would not be detected by entering a query in a search engine. This time, another message was published by Surya Al-Ain News Agency, according to which about 500 members of al-Qaeda's underground cells, wanted by Saudi Arabia authorities, operate on the side of the rebel forces in Syria.

The agency also reports that in Syrian prisons there are still about 300 mercenaries and Islamists from among the nationals of the kingdom. They were detained in the course of military operations and when illegally crossing the Syrian border.

However, all official contacts between Damascus and Riyadh are currently suspended, so all negotiations on the return of the captured militants to their homeland, and the transfer of Saudi mercenaries killed in Syria are carried out through intermediary of by Arab tribal sheikhs.

It should be noted that in the media similar reports appear on an annoyingly regular basis concerning the "Syrian" fighters' ethnic affiliation, as well as on who and where conducts their military training. Suffice it to mention the recent publication in the British Times, according to which about 100 British nationals are fighting on the side of the armed rebels in Syria.

"Particularly, the British are fighting in the ranks of the group Frente Al-Nusra that the U.S. State Department enrolled on the list of terrorist organizations. Scotland Yard has intensified investigation into the networks recruiting fighters in the UK," the statement reads.

The Times being by no means a tabloid publishing unverified "raw" information.

Take another not unknown edition ? the German weekly Der Spiegel, for example, argues that the U.S. experts are engaged in training the Syrian militants in Jordan.

According to the German newspaper, about 200 rebels have already undergone training. At the same time, the article does not specify whether the U.S. experts are hired by state agencies or private security firms. Although in this case, perhaps it does not matter.

It should be particularly noted that the leadership of the National coalition of opposition and revolutionary forces of Syria (NKORS) in mid-March selected head of the "interim government" who will govern the captured fighters of Syria. It is the IT manager from Dallas, 50 years old Kurd, Ghassan Hitti.

It is noted that Hitti has only recently moved from the U.S. to Turkey, said al-Jazeera Qatari channel, which broadcasted live on the meeting of NKORS. According to Western media, Ghassan Hitti is a communication technology expert and more than a dozen years has lived in the U.S..

In general, it is an open secret that the conflict in Syria has long been turned into a multi-ethnic one and more external forces are slowly being involved therein. As concerns the various international organizations (the UN, the Arab League, etc.), then by the day their inability to influence the peaceful resolution of the situation is becoming more evident.

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