Forty Islamists charged with attempting to overthrow the Emirati regime are linked to Syrian Islamist terrorists and have smuggled in weapons for attacks, a court in Abu Dhabi heard Monday.
The group smuggled in weapons, ammunition and detonators "obtained in collaboration with Syria's Al Nusra Front," an Al-Qaeda affiliate, as well as jihadis in Iran, witnesses told the court, according to the English-language Gulf News daily.