Monitoring Group: Syria Rebel Infighting Forces over 60,000 to Flee Homes

Fighting between al-Qaida's Syria branch and a splinter group in eastern Syria has forced more than 60,000 people to flee their homes, emptied villages and killed scores of fighters, a monitoring group said. Infighting among rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad has undermined the three-year-old uprising against his rule and killed thousands of people since the start of the year. The conflict has pitted hardline Islamists against more moderate insurgents, but disputes over...

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