Syrian Rebel Infighting Has Resulted In Scores Of Fighters Killed And Tens Of Thousands To Flee The Fighting

A resident walks past damaged buildings in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka May 2, 2014. Picture taken May 2, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Badra Mamet

Thousands Flee Syria Rebel Infighting -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Fighting between al Qaeda's Syria branch and a splinter group in eastern Syria has forced more than 60,000 people to flee their homes, emptied villages and killed scores of fighters, a monitoring group said.

Fighters from the al Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front, also arrested a rebel commander from a more moderate group and several other insurgent leaders in a southern province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Infighting among insurgents has undermined the three-year-old rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad and killed thousands of people since the start of the year.

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