A report says that Germany plans to send several hundred bulletproof vests to militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
According to the report due to be published in Der Spiegel magazine on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government also plans to send medical supplies, known as “Medipacks,” to the foreign-backed militants.
This comes after the head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Gerhard Schindler, visited Syria to discuss the presence of German extremists in the Arab country.
On May 10, Schindler met with the chief of the Syrian national security agency, Ali Mamluk, and other Syrian officials in Damascus.
The visit comes after Berlin expressed concerns about the return of German extremists who have been fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad along with foreign-backed militants including the terrorist al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.
On April 29, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich confirmed that some German-born gunmen had teamed up with the militants inside Syria.
German security officials have expressed concern about the experience the German extremists have gained in Syria and the contacts they have made there.
Syria has been gripped by unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed in the violence.
GK Syrian News
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