Dozens of Jihadists 'Executed in Syria Infighting'
Posted 2017-02-18 19:11 GMT
Beirut (AFP) -- A jihadist group has executed 41 fighters from Al-Qaeda'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-Qaeda 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 neighbouring Hama province.
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Rebels and Jihadists fighting other Jihadists.
