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Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops kill Nusra Front commander responsible for kidnapping Christian nuns
Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops have ambushed a convoy belonging to the Nusra Front, killing a commander responsible for last year's kidnapping of Syrian nuns, a Lebanese security source said on Wednesday.
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Nusra Front Threatens to 'Kill its Shiite Captives' Should Hizbullah Intervene in Qalamun Battle
The al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front threatened on Sunday to “kill the Shiite Lebanese soldiers” it had kidnapped earlier in August should Hizbullah intervene in battles in Syria's al-Qalamun region, while also issuing a warning to the Free Patriotic Movement...
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7,000 Syria insurgents killed in infighting since Jan.
An opposition-linked Syria monitoring group has affirmed that over 7,000 foreign-backed insurgents have perished in infighting among anti-Damascus Takfiri groups across the Arab country since January.
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Syria rebels, Al-Qaeda against their ex-allies from ISIL near Iraq border
Militants from the terrorist group of al-Qaeda, along with western-backed Syrian rebels have launched a counter-offensive to expel their former allies, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), from Albu Kamal town on the Iraq border.
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ISIL merges with Nusra Front at Syria-Iraq border town
Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch has issued a loyalty pledge to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at a tinderbox town on the Iraqi border, a monitor says.