He is a traitor for this reason, Kafir and a “slave” that is “grovelced” before US President Donald Trump. In the latest edition of its weekly newspaper, the extremist group is known as the “Islamic State”, or IS did not return how it was actually felt about their meeting with Syrian’s new interim president, Ahmed al-Shara and last week with Trump.
In fact, such enmity between the IS group and the rebel group al-Shara once leads, Hayat Tahir al-Sham, or HTS, is not new.
Between 2012 and 2013, HTS was part of the IS group before switching an associate with al-Qaeda. After cutting relations with al-Qaeda in 2016, HTS spent nearly a decade, which is controlled in some parts of the country, has been controlled. Therefore, criticism of more liberal, expedient political courses of al-shara is not unpredictable.
But there is another aspect of the Al-Naba text, in which the fighter fighter Insiria is called to blame the current government under the leadership of Al-Shara. Foreign fighters, troubled by al-shara’s diplomacy with the US, should join, the group said.
Al-Naba text with Trump and Al-Shara meeting have attracted attention to one of the interim government of Syria’s most difficult problems: what to do about the presence of foreign fighters in the country.
During the last week’s meeting, the US President made Al-Sara “to tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria” made one of the conditions for relief for sanctions.
Who are the foreign fighters of Syria?
It is difficult to know how many foreigners were fighting with HTS. Anyone can be between 1,500 and 6,000, many experts suggested that this is most likely in the middle of that range.
The largest group is Uygar, which refers to many Syrians as “Turkistan”, which is from Central and East Asia including China.
Other fighters are from Russia and other former Soviet states, Balkans, Türkiye and various Arab countries.
Most of the IS groups came in the early days of Syria during the country’s civil war in response to a call, trying to install a Caliph at that time. After this, after breaking the relationship with both IS and al-Qaeda, some foreigners left HTS, while others stayed.
Later last year, during the HTS -led campaign, which excluded several groups of foreigners, including Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Uyghs and Cheches, clearly played an integral role in the success of the campaign.
Al-Shara has stated that he should be rewarded for his help and in January, many foreign fighters were appointed to senior positions in the New Syrian Army, a decision that caused some controversy.
It is difficult to say how important foreign fighters are now for Syrian security forces, HTS expert Aaron Zelin and a senior partner of the Washington Institute told DW, “Because of course there are much more Syrians than foreigners.”
But some have more imports than others, he said. For example, the fighters of the Uingur troop now serve as an individual security force for al-show. “They are essential who are protecting him because he trusts him, looking as brothers from the fight against Assad,” Zelin said.
Now a Syrian refugee living in Germany told DW that he had met several foreign fighters, fighting the Assad regime forces in the Syrian city of Aleppo. “Some were good, some were not so good,” he said, requesting oblivion for security reasons. He said, “They were focusing a lot on fighting and many of them were Salafist mentality,” he said, referring to conservatives, radical Sunni Muslim movement. “They wanted to go where there was a fight.”
But, added the former fighter, “Those who stopped now, they have families in Syria. So I will give them a chance – especially because if the axle tops, we push women and children out. Anyway, don’t forget, at least some Syrians that are at least some. [religious] Mentality. ,
How dangerous are foreign fighters?
Foreign fighters with more rigorous religious Libra have been accused of participating in recent violence against Syrian minorities. He has been convicted for policing women dress and social customs in big cities in Syria.
Recently, as long as HTS was still in position as “protector of Sunni Islam”, ORA Ajjob, a research analyst and Syria expert, explained, explained in, A text for Italian Institute for International Political Studies in March. But after the collapse of the Assad regime, the group set a more liberal course, he wrote.
“This sudden change in the story makes a significant adjustment to rank-and-filing,” wonder explained. “This infection can be challenging for fighters used for a narrow, communal approach. Many HTS fighters, never left the orthodox environment of Idlib, are now facing less orthodox communities in Damascus.”
Joining ‘Islamic State’
“If HTS unveils continue their tendency to relative moderation-Khoj as women with HTS unveiled, and tolerate participation in a western-style political process … then the hardcore elements within HTS, especially foreign jihadis, can break the al-Qaeda,” Mohammad Salih, a senior partner with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a filthy-based tank, a filled-based tank, a filthy-based tanks, a filled-based tank, a filthy-based tank, a filthy policy research institute. Warned in January.
But Zelin said he was suspicious of foreign fighters in Syria, “any mass threat”.
Those who felt HTS were no longer fanatic to them, they have already left, they noted, and many low -radical foreign fighter aircraft that are very disciplined. Now over the years, Al-Shara has tried to make any foreign fighter a sideline, arrest, or excel, which opposed the new course of the group.
Of course, individual firing fighters can still commit crime or break problems, he said. “But the major threat comes from foreign fighters already under the” Islamic State “, which fights a low-level rebellion in Eastern Syria, as well as those detained by SDF in the North Eastern Syria,” referring to the camps run by Syrian Kurds.
What for a foreign fighter?
After the Al-Shra meeting with Trump, there were rumors that the Syrian security forces raided the foreign fighters in Idlib. But local observers say that it is not clear what the thesis was just rumors, political theater or exactly what happened.
There is no possibility of a large crack. Members of the new Syrian government have argued that foreign fighters have not taken any threat to other countries, very few of them affect the new Syrian army and anyway, they are loyal to the new administration of Al-Shara. Experts say to integrate them The new Syrian security force can really be the best way to deal with them.
Nevertheless, as Zelin concluded, “Among all the requests made by the US, this is the most difficult to Syria. I don’t think they want to leave the real Foren Fighter, for example, they are doing something to extend the law.”
Edited by: A. Thomas
