08-05-2014, 15:00
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One U.S.-Backed Rebel Group Cooperates With Al-Qaeda in Syria
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles...3675484314.html
But over the past few weeks in Quneitra, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front increased their coordination with al Qaeda's largest faction in Syria, the Nusra Front, according to Abu Omar Golani, a media coordinator embedded with the Syrian Revolutionaries Front in Quneitra province, They seized a string of hilltops in Syria's part of the divided province that overlook the Golan, a strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.
From there, the unified forces aim to push through to the capital Damascus, about 45 miles away, Mr. Golani said in a Skype interview. He added that there were no plans to target Israel. There has been no cross-border violence between the rebels and Israel since the latest offensive began.
"The FSA and Nusra Front are closely cooperating on the front line," Mr. Golani said Wednesday, adding that the FSA had tried for a year to liberate the hills with no success until Nusra joined the fight. They are coordinating on the battlefield and in five joint "military operations rooms" where they plan strategy before key battles and coordinate among different fighting units, Mr. Golani added.
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