Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Clashes in east Syria kill more than 40 fighters

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say that two days of heavy clashes between Kurdish fighters and al-Qaida-linked rebels in the northeast have killed at least 41 on both sides.


The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the clashes in Hassakeh province pitted Kurdish militias against rebels from two al-Qaida-linked factions — Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.


Such rebel infighting has become common in recent months in the northeast, which has a large Kurdish population.


Observatory's director Rami Abdul-Rahman said Wednesday that 29 of the dead are from the two extremist groups, while the remaining 12 are Kurdish fighters.


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-east-syria-kill-more-40-fighters-122010152.html
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