Zawahiri urges 'immediate' end to Syria Islamist fighting

Jan 23, 2014

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called for an end to clashes between Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Islamists fighting to oust Syria's regime, in an audio message posted on the Internet.

DUBAI - Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called for an end to clashes between Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Islamists fighting to oust Syria's regime, in an audio message posted on the Internet.

Zawahiri urged all jihadist groups and "every free person in Syria seeking to overthrow (President Bashar) al-Assad to "seek to end fighting between brothers in jihad and Islam immediately," in the recording uploaded on YouTube late on Wednesday.

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