They're standing.... Again, my information is from the medical people on the ground and what they're telling me. I don't have a military background, and I don't know what's going on there military-wise, really, in more specific detail. What I was told is that there are no foreign fighters there because the area has been under siege for many years—we've talked about four and a half years under siege—so there are no foreign people coming in. Let's say that some people smuggled themselves in, found a way to get in, but they would be a very small minority. The majority of the people there, the local people, they're really protecting their lands and families.
As I said, it's more of an ideological issue. The government wants to force itself on the people, and the people are resisting. The local people have armed themselves by getting stolen weapons or whatever they can get their hands on to protect their families. Their families are really what they are protecting. For instance, the militants will never use their families as a human shield, as the government keeps saying, because nobody uses their own family as a human shield. They are fighting to protect their families.
Also, their families don't feel safe leaving the area because they don't trust the government. If they go out, they will be imprisoned, killed, or tortured. They really don't trust the government, so they won't leave. The people who are inside feel trapped. Really, the local people—the farmers, the workers, the shop owners, whoever—are carrying arms and defending their town and their homes. This is the image I got, and I really believe it. As I said, if there are foreign fighters, they would be a very small minority—maybe 100 or 200 people at the most.
I hope I've answered your question.