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Rebel infighting kills 24 in Syria's Daraa province

Xinhua, February 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least 24 rebels were killed in the past 24 hours as a result of intense fighting between various rebel groups in Syria's southern province of Daraa, a monitor group reported on Tuesday.

As many as 10 rebel groups, including the well-known Turkey-backed Ahrar al-Sham and the Saudi-backed Jaish al-Islam, engaged in violent battles with the Khaled Bin al-Walid rebel group as well as other factions pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in the western countryside of Daraa, the birthplace of the Syrian war, near the Jordanian borders, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The 10 groups unleashed an attack on Monday afternoon against areas taken recently by Khaled Bin al-Walid rebels in western Daraa, according to the Observatory.

Khaled Bin al-Walid group pledged allegiance to the IS last May, saying in a statement that the move aims to put an end to the "treason" of other rebel groups. Endit