american woman shows that the the conflict is getting mall internationalize this is according to steven zina professor of politics at the university of san francisco well there have been armed fighters coming in know more and more the majority of people the armed resistance of course are syrians but increasingly we are seeing some westerners involved as well. you know this is it is fairly unusual though to actually have americans coming in in fact ironically just as there are some elements within the u.s. government pushing for greater u.s. involvement support the rebels we have other branches the government that have actually been no intercepting in prosecuting americans that have sought to join some of the more extreme elements of the opposition with a lifting of the e.u. embargo with a lot of domestic pressure against the obama administration which up to this point is when some are reluctant to get more involved i'm afraid we are going to indeed see more and more western intervention in a greater and greater internationalization of this. i'll be back with more news at just after the break. children