A senior official in Egypt's
presidency says Egyptians are free to join the fight in Syria and will not be
prosecuted upon return.
In a response to an
Associated Press question Thursday about the government's stance on citizens
going to fight alongside Syrian rebels, Khaled al-Qazzaz said that "the
right of travel or freedom of travel is open for all Egyptians".
He said that after the 2011 uprising, the government no
longer punishes Egyptians for what they do in other countries. Al-Qazzaz, a
foreign affairs adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, said the
presidency does not consider Egyptian nationals in Syria a threat to Egypt's
security.
His comments come just days
after influential Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi urged Sunnis everywhere to
join the fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
It's worth mentioning that Eqtsad - one of Zaman Alwasl's News projects- reported 15 days ago about presence of
Egyptian militants in Homs who were fighting with Hezbollah-Shi'ite militia backed
by Iran.
''It's stunning'' Pro-regime
citizen from al-Zahraa-An Alawite neighborhood- ''That's right, we like the
Egyptian accent but I never imagined to see them with Hezbollah''.
The reporter said in a
telephone interview:'' The sources assured
that Hezbollah had been
recruiting the Egyptian poor workers after pushing them for convert to shia
sect. then they passed through military training to be ready for guerrilla war.
Editing by Mohamed Hamdan
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