The unknown role of #Kuwait's Salafis in #syria
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Rebel fighters fire a machine gun during clashes with pro-government forces on March 18, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of #Aleppo. (Photo: AFP- AMC/Tamer al-Halabi) Rebel fighters fire a machine gun during clashes with pro-government forces on March 18, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP- AMC/Tamer al-Halabi)
Kuwaiti Salafis have played a central role in supporting armed groups in Syria. They have established support entities, and most of them do their work in public and are highly organized. Major credit goes to unofficial Kuwaiti money in arming a number of the biggest armed groups in Syria such as #Ahrar_al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, and #Al-Nusra_Front.
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