McCain Proposes Military Aid to Al Qaeda; Mideast Map of Who Supports Who

Wikipedia has the answer in Foreign rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war There have been a number of foreign fighters that have joined the Syrian civil war in opposition to Assad. While some are jihadists, others, such as Mahdi al-Harati, have joined to help the Syrian revolution.[59] Some fighters have come from as far away as Chechnya and Tajikistan.[60] Another group, the Al-Nusra Front, is headed by Abu Muhammad al-Julani[61] The group includes some of the rebellion’s most battle-hardened and effective fighters

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McCain Proposes Military Aid to Al Qaeda; Mideast Map of Who Supports Who