According to Western media "shams" is Syria--kid you not

From a reader:  "also here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10228171/Syria-Foreign-jihadists-behind-the-rebel-capture-of-Aleppo-airport.html

here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/12/zarqawism-lives-iraq-s-al-qaeda-nightmare-is-back.html

and here:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/170919#.Ugwg_tI3BCM