Syria Qaeda loses ground to jihadist rivals on Iraq border
Beirut (AFP) April 10, 2014 - Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate lost ground to its jihadist rivals around a town on the Iraqi border Thursday in fierce clashes that left at least 51 fighters dead, a monitoring group said. Al-Nusra, the affiliate of Al-Qaeda, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for a twin car bombing in a pro-government area of the central city of Homs that killed 25 people on Wednesday. Fighters of the Islami ... more

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