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41 Fighters Executed in Syria Jihadist Infighting
[An Nahar] A jihadist group has executed 41 fighters from al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate and allied factions in infighting between the faceless myrmidons in Syria's Idlib province, a monitor said on Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Jund al-Aqsa group had captured the fighters and shot them to death in the town of Khan Sheikhun on Monday. The deaths were only confirmed on Friday amid fierce fighting between the jihadist factions, said the Britannia-based monitoring group. Jund al-Aqsa has been locked in festivities with former al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... since Monday, after tensions erupted between them over influence in the rebel-held province of Idlib. Fateh al-Sham is fighting alongside several allied groups in a coalition dubbed Tahrir al-Sham, and the festivities have spread beyond Idlib to neighboring Hama province. The Observatory said the festivities had killed 125 fighters from both sides, including the 41 executed by Jund al-Aqsa. Jund al-Aqsa is reviled by most rebels in the region, and is designed a "terrorist group" by Washington. Despite that, in October Fateh al-Sham announced it had taken Jund al-Aqsa under its wing, although festivities between the two groups erupted shortly afterwards. In January, Fateh al-Sham also battled other rebel groups in Idlib during 10 days of festivities that killed dozens of fighters. The fighting reflects the increasingly strained relations between different factions in Idlib province that once fought alongside each other against  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... 's forces. Idlib province is held almost entirely by opposition factions, and was captured by an alliance of fighters dubbed the Army of Conquest, led by Fateh al-Sham. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-18 |
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