(Zaman Al Wasl)- As radical Islamic State group is sowing terror in Iraq and Syria and pressing rapid advances in both territories, Syrian rebels have set the alarm bell in northern countryside of Aleppo.
A rebel field commander revealed to Zaman Alwasl that sincere efforts had been made by the Islamic Front, key rebel group north Syria, to reconstruct fighting groups and to overcome rifts, threatening to holding perpetrators to account.
Representatives of key rebel groups in Aleppo, including moderate Free Syrian Army, have met recently to set a new agenda to halt Is rapid advances, saying to divide the province into main sectors.
In August, IS took control of 11 towns in northern countryside of Aleppo reaching the borderlines with Turkey.
In relevant context, Sources say rebels are trying to improve living conditions in areas they control amid fears of IS’s soft power that depends on aid and charities.
The Islamic State's campaign of extreme violence and abuses against both civilians and rival opposition groups has prompted a backlash across rebel-held Syria, where many hope the US air campaign next door will be extended, according to AFP.
IS also has been cited as a major
security threat by Western governments since posting a video in August of the
beheading of U.S journalist James Foley.
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