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| Syria rebels 'seize' ISIS headquarters in Aleppo | Syria rebels 'seize' ISIS headquarters in Aleppo |
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| Islamist rebel brigades are reported to have seized the headquarters of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. | Islamist rebel brigades are reported to have seized the headquarters of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear what had happened to the jihadists who had been at the former hospital in the Qadi Askar area. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear what had happened to the jihadists who had been at the former hospital in the Qadi Askar area. |
| A video posted online showed rivals proclaiming their victory there. | A video posted online showed rivals proclaiming their victory there. |
| Recent days have seen fierce fighting in several Syrian towns between the al-Qaeda affiliate and other rebel groups. | Recent days have seen fierce fighting in several Syrian towns between the al-Qaeda affiliate and other rebel groups. |
| On Tuesday evening, an ISIS spokesman vowed that it would "crush" its rivals and "kill the conspiracy in its cradle". | |
| Abu Mohammed al-Adnani also said it considered members of the opposition alliance, the National Coalition, and the Supreme Military Council of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army to be "legitimate targets". | |
| His warning came hours after the head of the other al-Qaeda affiliate operating in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, called for a ceasefire. | |
| More than 270 people, including 46 civilians, have been killed in the worst rebel-on-rebel violence since the uprising in Syria began in March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory, a UK-based activist group. | |
| The clashes erupted on Friday when rivals launched what appeared to a series of co-ordinated strikes against ISIS in northern and eastern Syria. The offensive was backed by the National Coalition. | |
| On Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory reported that ISIS's main base in Aleppo, a former children's hospital, had been captured by several Islamist brigades, adding that it was unclear what had happened to the "hundreds" of fighters who had been there. | |
| However, dozens of their prisoners were reportedly found and freed. |