Published on Brown Moses Blog internationally well known for its investigations on Syrias civil war. Earlier this week, Die Welt published a piece by Alfred Hackensberge r, "Islamists are worse than Assad" , which included an interview with a Libyan, identified as Alah al-Fakhri, detailing his experiences as a foreign fighter in Syria. The article translates rather well from German to English , and details the fighters time with Ansar al-Allah, which he claims was part of Jabhat al-Nusra, and how he reached Syria with the help of Ansar al-Sharia in Libya. Alfred Hackensberger has sent me parts of the interview with the fighter which didn't make it to the Die Welt article , which provides additional information on the fighters experience. The text has been translated from Arabic to German, then German to English. Question: You went to Syria to fight. Why does a Libyan go to another country to fight? Answer: This is the solidarity of a Musli...
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