Al-Qaida fighters in Syria kill rival rebel leader

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By DIAA HADID

BEIRUT (AP) - Al-Qaida fighters killed the leader of a rival Islamic brigade in a twin car bombing near Syria's northern city of Aleppo, an attack likely to further exacerbate rebel infighting even as government forces continued their intense shelling of opposition-held areas of the city on Sunday.

Syrian aircraft bombed buildings, burying people underneath rubble in the Bab Neirab area, said the Aleppo Media Center. It wasn't immediately clear how many casualties there were.

The bombings came after military aircraft dropped barrels packed with explosives over rebel-held areas on Saturday, killing dozens, including an attack that killed 34 people in the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Bab, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The group collates the country's war death toll.

Syrian forces have inched into eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo in recent weeks, their most important advance there since rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad seized the areas in mid-2012.

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[cosmicone]

1. Every terrorist killing another terrorist

is making the job easier.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. The Syrian revolution is devouring itself.

[seveneyes]

3. A peek into Syria's future with Islamist rebel control

When young people are taught that killing others is a defensive move and part of their faith, that's what will happen when they get older. That is, if they get older.

[jsr]

4. Keep shooting each other