Ahrar Al-Sham, Al-Nusra Front Form Alliance to Fight ISIL in Deir Ezzur
Different parts of Deir Ezzur in Eastern Syria came to be the scene of fierce clashes between Ahrar Al-Sham, Al-Nusra Front, Jund Al-Aziz and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the last several hours after the first three terrorist groups struck an alliance to wage an all-out war on the rival Al-Qaeda militant group.
The Al-Nusra Front, Ahrar Al-Sham and Jund Al-Aziz came into terms after a series of long negotiations in a move to be able to stand up to the ISIL, a rival Saudi-backed branch of the al-Qaeda terrorist group in Eastern Syria and Western Iraq.
Commander of the Al-Nusra Front Ahmad Saeed Al-Hejr was also killed in the clashes in Deir Ezzur.
Meantime, Abu Al-Laith Al-Maghrebi, a ringleader of the ISIL, was killed in Al-Tabni region in Deir Ezzur countryside.
Elsewhere in Hasaka countryside, the ISIL arrested two FSA and Al-Nusra Front commanders in Al-Shadadi countryside.
After more than two years of fighting side-by-side and leading one of the bloodiest conflicts in the recent history of the Middle-East, al-Qaeda affiliated groups have been making increasing moves against each other in the last few months.
Militants in Syria have been committing numerous war crimes against people and Syrian army soldiers throughout the country during their bloody war.
Sources said the number of antigovernment combat factions has reached 1750, including the FSA, “ISIL, and other groups working for different agendas.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.
As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.
Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.
