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April 10, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=309319

Israel Security Agency Arrests Israeli Arab who Joined Syrian Rebels

(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - Israel Security Agency Arrests Israeli Arab who Joined Syrian Rebels Security forces arrested an Israeli Arab resident of Taiba on suspicion of fighting with rebels in Syria, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Wednesday. The suspect, named as 19-year-old Nasser Masarwa, was arrested on March 19 after suspicions emerged that he joined global jihadi elements in Syria, and to try and locate his brother who traveled to Syria in recent months to also fight with the rebels. "In Syria, Masarwa underwent military training with rebel forces...including weapons training. He was offered the possibility of carrying a suicide bombing against the army of the Assad regime, but says he refused this," the Shin bet added.

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