Militants of "Al-Qaeda" get into Syria from Turkey says Israel's head of military intelligence

The head of Israeli military intelligence (AMAN), Aviv Kohavi, said that militants of "Al-Qaeda" taking part in the Syrian conflict are based in Turkey, from where they have free access to Europe.

Syria, he said, has become a very attractive area for World Jihad militants, hundreds of whom penetrate weekly into Syria, coming from many different countries." But they do not limit their activities to Syria, and a large number of them are relocated to Lebanon and the Sinai Peninsula," news.am quoted Kohavi.

The main areas of their stay, according to the head of AMAN, are the Turkish regions of Karaman, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.