Syrien

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Mr. President,

22. Over the last few Weeks, a great deal of attention has been focused on Al-Qaeda, Jabhat Al-Nusra and other similar groups fighting the regime in Syria. Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahri, the leader of Al-Qaeda International, and Jabhat Al-Nusra itself have confirmed what was already common knowledge and that is that Jabhat Al-Nusra and other like-minded groups were formally affiliated to Al-Qaeda or shared in its ideology and practices.

23. Equally confirmed is the fact that Al-Nusra and its sister organisations were more important than originally thought. The Financial Times yesterday seemed to know that they represent only 10% of those who are engaged in the armed struggle against the regime. There also is more talk than ever about non-Syrians participating in the lighting in Syria, mostly Arabs but also other nationalities from Asia and Europe, East and West. Are all these foreign volunteers lighting in the ranks of Al-Nusra and its sisters or are they spread more or less evenly among various armed groups? l don’t know. Nord do l know how credible are the numbers of those foreign fighters that Vary considerably from one source to another. Four months ago, a reliable source close to the regime estimated the number of foreign fighters at a few hundred men and Jabhat Al-Nusra at 3 to 5,000. Another source, now speaks of no less than 30 to 40,000 foreign fighters.

24. Foreign presence on the side of the Government is also a reality. Both Sayed Hassan Nassrallah the Secretary-General of Hizbollah and an official spokesperson in Tehran have confirmed that they were militarily present in Syria. How many; where; and doing what? There again, I do not know for certain. And again, these numbers vary widely from one source to the other; with some saying that Hizbollah is only protecting religious Shia shrines and the Iranians providing a few military advisors ,and others claiming that the Well-coordinated Hizbollah-lran presence counts thousands of fighters actively engaged alongside Government forces, plus advisers helping the regime form what they call the “People’s Army”, a decentralised militia force acting locally to replace or support the shadowy and much feared Shabiha gangs.

Mr. President
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