Did We Just Get A Glimpse Of Syria’s Second Civil War? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Open fighting has broken out between two Syrian rebel groups, one moderate and one extremist, in the northwestern town of Azaz, along the Turkish border. Control of any border crossing is significant, but more importantly, this marks what Reuters calls the worst fighting yet between the two prominent rebel groups.
If rebel in-fighting expands beyond this one part of the country – and there's good reason to think it eventually will – it could mark a major shift for Syria's two-year civil war, one with potentially disastrous implications for the country.
Here's what happened in Azaz: The town was controlled by a rebel group called the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a loose coalition of generally moderate rebels that's been around for much of the war. On Wednesday, the FSA forces there were attacked and ousted by members of a very nasty al-Qaeda linked group called the Islamist State of Iraq and the Levant (abbreviated ISIS because they use "al-Sham" for Levant).
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News And Commentary On The Eslating Battles Between "Moderate" And "Radical" Rebels In Syria
Civil war within a civil war? Syrian rebel infighting raises new worries. -- Mike Eckel, Christian Science Monitor
Rebel-on-Rebel Violence Seizes Syria -- Nour Malas, Wall Street Journal
The rebels divide: Is this the new front in Syria's civil war? -- Richard Hall, The Independent
Islamist blitzkrieg in Syria: Jihadists wiping out moderate rebels -- RT
Qaeda-linked fighters tighten grip on Syria border town -- Global Post/AFP
Al-Qaeda Allied Fighters Capture Rebel-Held Syrian Border Town -- Time
Al-Qaida militants expel moderate rebels from Syrian town in some of the worst infighting -- Washington Post/AP
Al-Qaida militants capture town in northern Syria -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
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