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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/the-internationalized-syrian-war.premium-1.529995
The Internationalized Syrian War
(Ha'aretz) Anshel Pfeffer - In conversations with members of the various rebel organizations on the Turkish border, Assad is rarely mentioned. For many of those fighting on either side, it is no longer about Assad but rather a much wider conflict. As in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, the Syrian civil war has attracted idealistic young men from dozens of countries to fight and to die. They are not only coming from the Middle East, but in growing numbers from distant Muslim lands such as Chechnya, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and even from Western countries.