A man walks past buildings damaged by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Daraya, near Damascus January 15, 2014. REUTERS/Hussam Zeen
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels ousted an al Qaeda-linked faction from one of its north-western bastions on Friday, activists said, a significant blow to the group after two weeks of infighting that has undercut the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad.
Rebels from Islamists to relatively secular moderates have been fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) faction in the worst internecine violence to break out since Syria's conflict began in 2011.
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