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Syria: Islamic factions in new push against rivals

  BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say a coalition dominated by Islamic rebel factions in Syria has announced a new push to dislodge fighters from a rival, al-Qaida-inspired group from the northern province of Aleppo. Wednesday's announcement, reported by the Britain-based Syrian...

At least 630 killed in jihadist offensive in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — An offensive by a breakaway al-Qaida group in eastern Syria against Islamic rebel factions has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's campaign in...

Rebels make gains in northern Aleppo

(Reporting by Aabed Mellhem; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Clashes have broken up between fighters of FSA and other Islamic battalions from one side, against ISIS from the other, in Tal Sha’eer and Tal Jijan villages in Aleppo's countryside....