Syria: Cracking Down on Al Qaeda?

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DEBKAfile’s Islam-watchers report: Islamic website issues travel warning to Syrian fighters crossing into Iraq to fight with insurgents.

Syrian regime said “up to its ears in work” for Americans, has set up checkpoints at Qameshli and Deir ez-Zor border zones and arrests all outsiders. Fighters advised not to display beards, long robes or pray at mosques.

I suspect that with all of the heat they are getting because of Lebanon, the Syrians don't want to anger the US anymore than can avoid. However, they have long supported such movement, or at the very least turned a blind eye to it.

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