Syria rebels besiege Qaeda-linked jihadists
Syrian rebels were laying siege Monday to jihadists in their northern stronghold of Raqa, in an all-out offensive aimed at crushing the Al-Qaeda affiliate they accuse of widespread abuses./ Raqa is the latest front in a fight pitting a broad coalition of moderates and Islamists opposed to President Bashar al-Assad against the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. As the fighting raged, the National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba to lead the opposition bloc, less than three weeks before slated peace talks in Switzerland. ...
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