The brother of the head of al-Qa’ida is reported to have been captured by regime forces in Syria. Mohamed al-Zawahiri is said to have been seized in Deraa in the south-west where he was meeting opposition activists.
Rebel fighters insisted Mohamed al-Zawahiri was engaged on a humanitarian mission and had not been involved in violent acts. They also claimed that he had, in fact, proposed a local truce to enable aid to get through.
However the Syrian regime is likely to try to capitalise on Mr Zawahiri’s presence in the country – if indeed they have him under arrest – as proof of their repeated charge that the revolution has been taken over by “terrorists”.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over as al-Qa’ida leader following the killing of Osama bin Laden, has declared that it is the duty of Muslims to take part in a jihad against the “pernicious, cancerous regime” of Bashar al-Assad and warned the opposition against depending on the West for help.
Jabhat al-Nusra, an Islamist rebel group with links to al-Qai’da, has become increasingly powerful in the conflict, overshadowing the more moderate fighters, and its leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, is said to be in personal contact with Ayman al-Zawahiri.
There is also evidence of groups of foreign volunteers, albeit not in large numbers, joining the uprising. Mohamed al-Zawahiri has, however, denied in the past that he wanted to get involved in the Syrian struggle. Speaking in Cairo recently, he stated that he had no plans to join the rebellion. Mr Zawahiri spent 14 years in an Egyptian prison on charges of being involved in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 and taking part in terrorist acts. But he has protested his innocence and insisted that he now devotes his time to attempt reconciliation between jihadists and mainstream Islam
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:41 pm
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Assad mobbed by exultant supporters after rare speech
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:12 pm
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Wow Independent removed the original article. Hardly surprising.
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Post subject: Assad: War in Syria between 'nation and terrorists'
Syria's president has outlined a plan to end the country's conflict, starting with a halt to international support to "al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups." The solution proposes a new constitution and government, as well as national reconciliation - READ MORE http://on.rt.com/y4kq0t
Post subject: Re: Syrian regime captures al-Qa'ida chief's brother
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:34 am
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no worries i copied it. ps Full English translation of the speech and I would recommend downloading this too
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