Activists say an
al-Qaeda commander in Syria has been killed during clashes with Kurdish
fighters in northern Syria.
The Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights, which closely monitors the fighting in Syria, says the
commander died on Wednesday night in fighting in the northern province of
Aleppo.
The Britain-based group
did not provide the man's name but identified him in a statement on Thursday as
a UAE national and the emir - or the commander - of Aleppo.
On Monday, a top
al-Qaeda commander was killed in an ambush by rival Western-backed rebels.
Infighting between
al-Qaeda-linked groups and other, more moderate rebels fighting to topple
President Bashar Assad has spiked in recent days.
AP
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