Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate seizes control of another town
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"Rebel fighters from Jabhat al Nusrah have taken almost full control over the city of al-Shadadi, after violent clashes that lasted for 3 days," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on its Facebook page.
The Observatory, which closely tracks the Syrian civil war, stated that the Al Nusrah Front "used several suicide car bombs during the 3 days of fighting."
More than 30 Al Nusrah Front fighters, including five "non-Syrian fighters," and 100 Syrian security personnel were killed in the fighting. Additionally, "tens of civilian workers at the Syrian oil company were killed after Al Nusrah fighters took large parts of the oil fields and the residential quarters of the workers."
Observera min fetning, det verkar som att det syriska upproret inte kanske är så speciellt syriskt i alla grupperingar
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The Observatory said the five foreign Al Nusrah Front fighters "were Kuwaiti and Iraqi."
Foreign fighters are known to play a significant role in the Al Nusrah Front. Jordanians, Iraqis, North Africans, and Russians from the Caucasus are known to fight in the ranks of the Al Nusrah Front. The Al Nusrah Front is an affiliate of al Qaeda in Iraq, and is commanded by Abu Du'a, AQI's emir, according to the US State Department.
Hur ser det ut med Foreign figthers i andra rebellgrupperingar?
Source The Long War Journal