Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:21
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Ben Farmer and Ruth Sherlock
telegraph.co.uk
September 16, 2013
Opposition forces battling Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria now number around 100,000 fighters, but after more than two years of fighting they are fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands.
The new study by IHS Jane’s, a defence consultancy, estimates there are around 10,000 jihadists – who would include foreign fighters – fighting for powerful factions linked to al-Qaeda.
Another 30,000 to 35,000 are hardline Islamists who share much of the outlook of the jihadists, but are focused purely on the Syrian war rather than a wider international struggle.
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