Syria: Foreign fighters 'radicalising rebels'

The UN says the increasing presence of foreign fighters in Syria is radicalising the rebel movement.

The growing number of foreign fighters in Syria is radicalising the rebel movement, the United Nationals' International Commission of Inquiry said on Monday.

The Syrian government blame foreign radicals for the uprising and fuelling fears of a takeover by Islamic extremists.

In an interview with CNN a Libyan fighter rejected accusations that foreign fighters were radicals or linked to al Qaeda.

"I'm only a student. I left my money, my student, my family, he said.

“We are not al Qaeda. We are not coming to break this country, we're coming to help.”