Free Syrian Army fighters help a fellow fighter, who was injured during fighting near Qabasin town, northern Syria, Jan. 12, 2017.
VOA: Rebel Infighting in Northern Syria Intensifies
Clashes between rebel groups and their onetime al-Qaida-linked ally, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, have intensified in northern Syria with the jihadists accusing their former allies of having entered into a conspiracy against them.
The infighting, which erupted Tuesday as Russian-mediated peace talks were ending inconclusively in the Kazakh capital, Astana, has become a struggle for mastery between the jihadists and more moderate Islamist and secular-based groups in what is left of rebel-controlled territory in northwest Syria.
One of the triggers for the fighting are recent highly precise U.S.-led coalition airstrikes that killed more than 100 jihadist fighters in Syria.
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WNU Editor: These Syrian rebels are uniting after this …. Jihadists crush Syria rebel group, in a blow to diplomacy (Reuters).
More News On Syrian Rebel Groups Uniting To Fight Against Jihadists
Syria war: Rebels unite after attack by Idlib jihadists — BBC
Syrian rebels unite in battle against jihadi militants — Financial Times
Fighting intensifies in northern Syria — News.com.au
Syrian opposition factions join Ahrar al-Sham — Al Jazeera
Syrian Islamist rebels band together to repel hard-line jihadist attacks – report — RT
ANALYSIS: Why Fateh al-Sham is lashing out at Syrian rebels — Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
