You can go dizzy trying to keep all the different terrorist groups straight. However, as the author points out, the biggest losers are the Syrian people.
SYRIANS SUFFER AS AL-QAEDA, CHECHEN FIGHTERS PURSUE THEIR OWN AGENDAS ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2014 AL-SHORFA
By Al-Shorfa
By Waleed Abu al-Khair
In the past year, a plethora of press reports and video clips have surfaced on Chechens, among other Caucasus fighters, now fighting alongside Islamist groups in Syria.
These Chechens have fought alongside the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN), al-Qaedas branch in Syria, while experiencing fractures and tensions with these groups, as each seeks to establish its own caliphate in the region, analysts told Al-Shorfa.
The presence of Chechen fighters in Syria is linked to al-Qaeda and its branches in Syria, said strategy analyst Maj. Gen. Yahya Mohammed Ali, who is retired from the Egyptian army. Since they began arriving, they joined ISIL, JAN and other battalions and factions that subscribe to the ideology of al-Qaeda.
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SYRIANS SUFFER AS AL-QAEDA, CHECHEN FIGHTERS PURSUE THEIR OWN AGENDAS ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2014 AL-SHORFA
By Al-Shorfa
By Waleed Abu al-Khair
In the past year, a plethora of press reports and video clips have surfaced on Chechens, among other Caucasus fighters, now fighting alongside Islamist groups in Syria.
These Chechens have fought alongside the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN), al-Qaedas branch in Syria, while experiencing fractures and tensions with these groups, as each seeks to establish its own caliphate in the region, analysts told Al-Shorfa.
The presence of Chechen fighters in Syria is linked to al-Qaeda and its branches in Syria, said strategy analyst Maj. Gen. Yahya Mohammed Ali, who is retired from the Egyptian army. Since they began arriving, they joined ISIL, JAN and other battalions and factions that subscribe to the ideology of al-Qaeda.
Continue reading at:
Syrians Suffer As Al-Qaeda, Chechen Fighters Pursue Their Own Agendas ? Analysis | Eurasia Review