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The Syrian regime's Ministry of Religious
Endowment issued a statement blaming "this brutal act" on Chechen
mercenaries operating under the mantle of Jabhat al-Nusra and al-Qaeda. The
government did not provide evidence to back up the claim.
A spokesman for the Free Syrian Army said the
government itself could be behind the kidnappings.
"The
timing is very suspicious and we believe the Assad regime is behind the
kidnapping," Louay Almokdad told CNN.
Another
opposition figure, Rami Abdurrahman of the London-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, elaborated, saying they believe that non-Arab foreign fighters
are behind the kidnappings.
"We know
that there are foreign fighters who are infiltrated by the regime and the Assad
regime is well known for being a ventriloquist of proxy groups that they set up
in order to spread chaos, strife and to divide the ranks of the
opposition," he said.
Criminal Assad gets all the benefit from this kidnapping;
they have major incentive for this kidnapping! Criminal Assad tries to stir a sectarianism
by doing this! Not benefit to the FSA revolutionary
if they did!
