Muslim cleric calls for “jihad” in Syria


DOHA (Reuters) Leading Sunni Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi called on Saturday for holy war against the Syrian government after fighters from Shi’ite Lebanese group Hezbollah intervened to help President Bashar al-Assad. His website said Qaradawi had “called on all those able to undertake jihad and fighting to head to Syria to stand by the Syrian people who…