Syrian rebels weakened in Aleppo battle by their own divisions


  • World
  • Sunday, 04 Dec 2016

Rebel fighters walk near artillery in Jubata al-Khashab, Quneitra province, Syria November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - As the Syrian government and its allies prepared to ramp up their attack on Aleppo in November, one of the rebel groups defending the opposition-held part of the city took up arms against another, seizing its stores of ammunition, fuel and food.

The incident near an Aleppo frontline underlined the rebel rivalries that only worsened in the face of an unprecedented onslaught by Russian-backed government forces, supported by Shi'ite militias from across the region.

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