Report: Dozens of Kuwaitis Fighting with FSA in Syria

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Dozens 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 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 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, which has left more than 13,500 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Comments 4
Default-user-icon Aziz (Guest) 10 June 2012, 11:45

We in Canada watch the bias and intellectual dishonesty of Al Jazeera When Qatar and Saudi Arabia both financed and armed murder of innocent. Foreign fighters are being used as proxy soldiers for rich Gulf dictators to divert attention from the fact they are worst then Assad, to please their western masters, they have even gone the extent of banning Syrian News channel on Nile Sattelite and Arab Sat, This exactly how fascist censure the Truth...Today Syria is facing its own Sabra and Shatila once again Israel and US will blame Syria..why are they not helping the Palestinians.

Default-user-icon Truth (Guest) 10 June 2012, 12:15

God bless them these are the real Saints!

Default-user-icon Zoltan Hammouche (Guest) 10 June 2012, 15:50

And who said Israel is the enemy? Who said the Palestinians have brothers? Actually, the Palestinians have shown that they really do not deserves brothers, but more of the treatment they are getting from Israel. Filth deserve more filth.

Default-user-icon achrafieh (Guest) 10 June 2012, 16:07

hope all these arabs fight israel like they fight each other