completely support al qaeda or jihadist groups al qaeda leader zawahiri openly support the rebellion iraki official tell that jihadists cross from irak to fight in syria us spy official reveal that al qaeda is in the mix jihadists are another group of the fight against assad different from fsa different from iran hezbollah as fristly both denied any involvment and secondly it came only from opposition sources if only the syrian governement was talking al qaeda it would not be worth it but here we have plenty of sources