Islamic Front expels Al Qaeda militants from Al Bab city near Aleppo

The Islamic Front brigades have expelled the militants of the State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) from Al Bab city near Aleppo, Zaman Alwasl source said.

‘’The city is under full control of the IF where the ISIL’s fighters fled to Qabassin village,’’ source said.  

In relvant development, Activists reported fierce clashes in Al Dana town, main stronghold for ISIL in Idlib province.

Rebel fighters, who seized ISIL’s HQ in Aleppo today and freed 300 hostages, are looking for more gains by expelling Al Qaeda militants from Al Dana, according to sources.

Since Friday, along with the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the nascent Mujahedeen Army, the Islamic Front has been engaged in fierce fighting with ISIS in rebel-held areas.

The latest clashes broke out Friday after residents accused ISIS members of killing a doctor in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

The focus of combat has been in opposition areas in Aleppo and Idlib provinces, but Sunday spread to Hama and Raqqa provinces.

Late Tuesday, an ISIL spokesman said the group would "crush" opposition fighters and warned that it considered members of the opposition National Coalition and the military command of the Free Syrian Army to be "legitimate targets."

ISIL has been accused of horrific abuses in areas where it operates, and also of seeking hegemony by taking key roads and checkpoints from its rivals.

Some Assad opponents have even accused it of serving regime interests.

Syria's armed uprising began as a series of peaceful democracy protests 33 months ago but escalated into a full-blown civil war after Assad's regime launched a brutal crackdown on dissent.

The conflict is estimated to have killed around 130,000 people and displaced millions more.