41 Fighters Executed in Syria Jihadist Infighting

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Naharnet Newsdesk

Feb 17 2017

 

A jihadist group has executed 41 fighters from al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate and allied factions in infighting between the extremists 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 Britain-based monitoring group.

 

Jund al-Aqsa has been locked in clashes with former al-Qaida affiliate Fateh al-Sham 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 clashes have spread beyond Idlib to neighboring Hama province.

 

The Observatory said the clashes 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 clashes between the two groups erupted shortly afterwards.

 

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