Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has reportedly called on feuding Islamic groups in Syria to stop attacking each other and focus on ousting the Syrian government.
The call came in a five-minute audio message purportedly from Zawahri, posted on the Internet late on January 22.
In the recording, Zawahri said the goal in Syria is to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and his government.
The Al-Qaeda leader urged "an end to fighting between brothers in jihad and Islam immediately."
Since the start of January, the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been involved in fighting in northern Syria with other Islamic groups, some of them also linked with Al-Qaeda.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on January 23 that 1,395 people had been killed in that fighting since January 3.
The call came in a five-minute audio message purportedly from Zawahri, posted on the Internet late on January 22.
In the recording, Zawahri said the goal in Syria is to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and his government.
The Al-Qaeda leader urged "an end to fighting between brothers in jihad and Islam immediately."
Since the start of January, the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been involved in fighting in northern Syria with other Islamic groups, some of them also linked with Al-Qaeda.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on January 23 that 1,395 people had been killed in that fighting since January 3.
