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Syrian Islamist rebels to meet US officials: Opposition sources
[Al Ahram] Syrian rebel commanders from the Islamic Front which seized control of bases belonging to Western-backed rebels last week are due to hold talks with US officials in Turkey in coming days, rebel and opposition sources said on Saturday.The expected contacts between Washington and the radical fighters reflect the extent to which the Islamic Front alliance has eclipsed the more moderate Free Syrian Army brigades - which Western and Arab powers tried in vain to build into a force able to topple  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... . Posted by: Fred 2013-12-15 |
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