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Fighting continues between Syria's disparate rebel groups

2014-01-10 248 Dailymotion

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL<br/> <br />Syrian state TV released these images on Friday...<br/> <br />Dozens of rebels reportedly killed by government forces in the western city of Homs.<br/> <br />But for over a week now, rebels have also been fighting a fierce battle on another front.<br/> <br />One against a rival rebel group affiliated with Al Qaeda.<br/> <br />This video posted online Friday, which Reuters can't verify, purports to show some of that fighting in Aleppo province.<br/> <br />The Al Qaeda affiliate is called the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant - or ISIL.<br/> <br />Led by foreign jihadists, it wants to establish an Islamist caliphate near the Iraqi border.<br/> <br />On Friday, fighting continued between the ISIL and rebel groups hoping to seize their strongholds.<br/> <br />The fighting comes two weeks before the planned renewal of peace talks, dubbed Geneva 2.<br/> <br />Several factions of Syria's disparate opposition groups met in Cordoba, Spain, on Friday, some for the first time.

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