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’Israeli’ Intelligence Chief: Syria Turned to Center for Global ’Jihad’

’Israeli’ Intelligence Chief: Syria Turned to Center for Global ’Jihad’
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"Israeli" Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said Tuesday "Syria is drawing thousands of global "jihad" activists and radicals from the region and the world who are basing themselves in the country, not only to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, but also to promote their vision of an Islamic state."


’Israeli’ Intelligence Chief: Syria Turned to Center for Global ’Jihad’ "Right before our eyes a center of global "jihad" is developing on a scale that may affect not only Syria and the borders of "Israel", but also Jordan and Sinai," he added, shortly after returning from a work trip to Washington.

In April, Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, announced that it had merged with al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq to form a new entity called "The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant," and that it was taking orders from Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over Osama bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaeda.

Two weeks ago, the BBC reported that representatives of the Pakistani Taliban had visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad."

According to Kochavi, the growing rebel presence may affect not only Syria and the borders of "Israel", but Lebanon, Jordan and the Sinai peninsula as well. "It is possible that in the long run, the winds of change will carry with them an opportunity, but in the short term, the risks are increasing and in some of the sectors, the seeds of additional threats have been sown."

Source: Ynet, Edited by website team

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