Iran's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has announced that his ministry's forces have dismantled several Takfiri terrorist groups and have arrested several foreign nationals in Fars province.
More than 900 militants, mostly with other nationalities, have been arrested by the Syrian army during the fierce fighting in Qusayr, reports say.
Germany’s Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has confirmed the presence of at least 50 German citizens fighting alongside Takfiri militants in Syria.