The terrorists of the Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant beheaded 40 FSA armed rebels in Al-Ba’ab region in the
Eastern parts of Reef (countryside of) Aleppo on Saturday, FNA
dispatches said.
After more than two years of fighting side-by-side and leading one of
the bloodiest conflicts in the recent history of Middle-East, FSA and
al-Qaeda affiliated groups have been making some moves against each
other following reports of West’s alleged concerns over sending more
arms to Syria and possibility of them falling into the hands of the
terrorists.
Analysts say West’s pressures for opening a way to send arms to
militants in Syria and not the terrorists is actually differentiating
the anti-Syria armed groups to “good terrorists” and “bad terrorists”.
Militants in Syria have been committing numerous war crimes against
people and Syrian army soldiers throughout the country during their
bloody war.
On Friday, sources said the number of antigovernment combat factions
has reached 1750, including the FSA, "State of Iraq and the Levant", and
other groups working for different agendas.
However, the most prominent differences lie between the FSA and the
"State of Iraq and the Levant", where media sources reported that the
latter killed Abu Obeida Al-Binshi, one of the FSA commanders recently.
"The assassination took place after the "State of Iraq and Levant" had
taken a number of Malaysians, Syrians and Turks relief workers as
hostages," the sources said last week.
"Following the abduction, a number of the FSA brigades moved in an
attempt to release prisoners, which led to clashes between the two
opposition groups, and left Abu Obeida Al-Binshi killed," they
elaborated further.
Earlier, a media source in the FSA described the "State of Iraq and
Levant" as the movement which turned into a cruel rebel group.
"This organization kills all dissidents without exception, chasing and
assassinating them in the areas of Ghouta and Damascus western
countryside," the media source said.
Such incidents were being repeated in Syria during the recent period,
signaling a growing tension between the militant groups active under the
FSA and the so-called 'Jihadi' groups, mainly composed of non-Syrian
militants.
For its part, the opposing UK-based Syrian Observatory said that
Al-Qaeda-affiliated "State of Iraq and Levant" had beheaded another
battalion commander in the province of Idlib, Northwest Syria, in the
wake of a battle erupted between the Syrian army and militants of other
battalions in the town of Dana, in which dozens were killed.
Recently, the city of Raqqa in Northern Syria has witnessed protests,
sit-ins and demonstrations against the armed groups deployment as a
result of arrests carried out.
Moreover, the killing of a 14-year boy at the hands of "State of Iraq
and Levant' mercenaries in front of his family in the city of Aleppo
after being accused of blasphemy had also provoked widespread protests.
In another case of internal clashes among the Syrian militants,
Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and
the Greater Syria clashed with members of a group affiliated to the FSA
in mid August, driving them out from the city of Raqqa.
The fighting took place in Raqqa, where Al-Qaeda fighters overran the
FSA’s Ahfad al-Rasoul brigade, capturing the group’s headquarters and
forcing its fighters to flee into neighboring Turkey.
Militants familiar with the situation said that the fighting over
Raqqa had been going on off and on for months, but picked up in early
August.
Raqqa has been the site of multiple protests, with locals angry that
they are being occupied by foreign factions, and that those factions are
constantly at odds.
FSA members are not welcomed in many parts of Syria after they
gathered in terrorists from several other countries to bring down the
government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
According to local reports, antigovernment forces have turned to be referred as anti-Syria forces among people.
Fighting between Al-Qaeda-linked fighters and the Ahfad al-Rasoul
brigade for control of Raqqa intensified in the second week of August.
The battle culminated with the extremist group detonating a car bomb
early August 14 at the city’s main train station, killing Rasoul
commanders Abu Mazen and Fahd Hussein al-Kajwan.
The Al-Qaeda-linked rebels clashed with Rasoul armed men at the
brigade’s headquarters, which they eventually overran, with most of the
group withdrawing to Turkey on the same day (August 14).
Free Syrian Army leaders have acknowledged that the fighting between
their brigades and extremists rivals has reached a critical stage.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform
protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of
western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the
Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest
conflicts in recent history.
As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in
sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support
to Takfiri extremists.
Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other
world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.
