Syria: Al-Qaida turns on its erstwhile allies
Levant Front seizes towns from other rebels
AL-QAIDA’S Syrian branch turned on its Western-backed allies yesterday — just as a peace deal with other factions was being signed in Kazakhstan.
The Levant Conquest Front (LCF) moved against fellow Salafist extremists Ahrar as-Sham and the Army of Mojahedin — a major faction of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA).
LCF — a rebranding of the UN-proscribed Nusra Front — seized or besieged towns and villages held by its erstwhile friends across occupied Idlib province and western areas of neighbouring Aleppo province.
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