TEHRAN – Former Kuwaiti lawmaker Waleed al-Tabtabai is working alongside a “militant” group in Syria’s Aleppo that gathers and trains armed men to fight against Syria, a report said,according to FNA.
Tabtabai, who spoke to press on Friday, said today was the final day of training for more than 3,000 armed men who have newly arrived in Aleppo.
He said another 1,000 militants will be “graduated” in Northwestern city of Idlib the next day.
Tabtabai, who is a Salafist figure in Kuwait, added these training were in line with latest “order of “Jihad” with soul, money and arm” issued by their leaders.
The former Kuwaiti parliamentarian said they had promised the “militants” in Syria to train 12,000 fighters and send to the country.
They will be fighting alongside numerous Arab and non-Arab rebels who have been conducting a bloody insurgency in Syria for more than two years.
There was a surge in number of Salafists, Takfiri and extremist groups pouring to Syria after Salafi clerics, especially in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan, called on their followers to sacrifice their soul for those who fight against Syria.
Heavy shipments of arms are daily flowing into Syria, mostly through Turkey which has been a major route for Qatar, Saudi Arabia and western supporters of the insurgency to support the terrorist groups.
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