Syria Rebels Seize al-Qaida Base in Aleppo

Syrian activists say rebels in the northern city of Aleppo have seized control of a hospital that had been used as a base by their al-Qaida-linked rivals, as infighting among groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad raged into a sixth day.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a loose coalition of moderate and Islamist rebel groups took control of the base Wednesday after a series of strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .The jihadist group's headquarters in...

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