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ighters in Afghanistan who are still wreaking havoc three decades later. According to news reports confirmed by a member of the Syrian opposition, Riyadh currently sends weapons on an ad hoc basis to the Syrian opposition by way of Sunni tribal allies in Iraq and Lebanon. But in light of recent deve
, Saudi clerics are now openly calling for jihad in Syria and scorning those who wait for Western intervention. One prominent unsanctioned cleric, Aidh al-Qarni, openly calls for Assad's death. Other Sunni Gulf states, principally Qatar, may be contributing weapons. On Monday, Feb. 27, Qatari Prime Minist
ighters in Afghanistan who are still wreaking havoc three decades later. According to news reports confirmed by a member of the Syrian opposition, Riyadh currently sends weapons on an ad hoc basis to the Syrian opposition by way of Sunni tribal allies in Iraq and Lebanon. But in light of recent devel
e, Saudi clerics are now openly calling for jihad in Syria and scorning those who wait for Western intervention. One prominent unsanctioned cleric, Aidh al-Qarni, openly calls for Assad's death. Other Sunni Gulf states, principally Qatar, may be contributing weapons. On Monday, Feb. 27, Qatari Prime Ministe
conflict that will know no frontiers or limits. Ongoing disorders in the island kingdom of Bahrain since February 2011 have set off alarm bells in Riyadh. The Saudis are convinced that Iran is directing the protests and fear that the problems will spill over the 25 EFTA00711993 kilometer-long cause
ing them weapons to defend themselves." The intervention has the nature of a family and EFTA00711994 tribal issue that the prominent Saudi cleric Aidh al-Qarni has turned into a Sunni-Shia war by promoting Assad's death. The Saudis and their Qatar and United Arab Emirate allies have pledged $100 million to
Entities connected to both Riyadh and Aidh al-Qarni

Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Cairo
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Saudi Arabia
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Morocco
LOCATION
Tunisia
LOCATION
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Mahmoud Abbas
PERSON
Kabul
LOCATIONthe Gaza Strip
LOCATION
Muslim Brotherhood
ORGANIZATION
Sudan
LOCATIONKremlin
ORGANIZATION