Rebels Turn Salafists To Gain Support

  • Middle East Newsline
  • October 18, 2012
LONDON [MENL] -- Syrian rebel militias have been pledging allegiance to Al
Qaida-inspired principles in an attempt to win Gulf Arab support, a report
said.
The International Crisis Group asserted that the growing Salafist
movement in Syria contains many fighters with little or no Islamist belief.
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