Monday, January 6, 2014

Syrian Rebel Infighting Spreads Throughout Syria



Rebel Infighting Spreads Across Syria -- Al Jazeera

The recent infighting has been the most serious since armed groups initially rose to try overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

Clashes between Syrian rebels and their rivals from an al-Qaeda-linked faction have spread from the country's opposition-held areas in the north to a key eastern city, activists have said.

Monday's rebel-on-rebel fighting in the eastern city of Raqqa, a long-time bastion of an al-Qaeda-linked group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), reflects a widening war within a war in Syria, as the Free Syrian Army tries to quell more hardline elements of the opposition.

The recent infighting has been the most serious since armed groups initially rose to try overthrow the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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More News On Syrian Rebel - Rebel Infighting

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Syrian rebels launch attack on al-Qaeda -- The Telegraph
Syrian rebel infighting spreads to stronghold in east -- L.A. Times
Syria rebels lay siege to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters -- Al Jazeera
Syria Islamists fight al Qaeda allies in Raqqa -- Reuters
Syrian rebels pin down al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Raqqah -- Washington Post
Syria rebels free 50 detained by jihadists in Raqqa -- Al Arabiya
Syria's rebels are fighting each other — and that's bad news for Assad -- Peter Weber, The Week

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