"Saudis, Tunisians and Libyans are among the most frequently
encountered nationalities, the residents and analysts say, but men from
Chechnya, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates also are present.
The Pakistani Taliban announced in August that it had established a presence in
Syria. Among those killed in recent battles was a Moroccan commander who had
spent years as a prisoner of the U.S. government at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and
was eulogized in one of the many videos prepared by the foreign volunteers to
advertise their presence."