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| Key Free Syria Army rebel 'killed by Islamist group' | |
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| A senior member of the Free Syrian Army is reported to have been killed by a rival rebel group linked to al-Qaeda. | A senior member of the Free Syrian Army is reported to have been killed by a rival rebel group linked to al-Qaeda. |
| Kamal Hamami, of the group's Supreme Military Council, was meeting members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "to discuss battle plans". | Kamal Hamami, of the group's Supreme Military Council, was meeting members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "to discuss battle plans". |
| A Free Syrian Army spokesman said he received a call from the group saying they had killed Kamal Hamami. | |
| It is part of an escalating struggle within the armed uprising between moderates and Islamists. | It is part of an escalating struggle within the armed uprising between moderates and Islamists. |
| Such infighting has led to concerns over plans by Western and Arab nations to arm the rebels in their bid to oust President Bashar al-Assad. | Such infighting has led to concerns over plans by Western and Arab nations to arm the rebels in their bid to oust President Bashar al-Assad. |
| Factional fighting | Factional fighting |
| Mr Hamami, also known as Abu Bassel al-Ladkani, had been meeting members of the Islamic State in the port city of Latakia "to discuss battle plans", Free Syrian Army spokesman Qassem Saadeddine said. | Mr Hamami, also known as Abu Bassel al-Ladkani, had been meeting members of the Islamic State in the port city of Latakia "to discuss battle plans", Free Syrian Army spokesman Qassem Saadeddine said. |
| "The Islamic State phoned me saying that they killed Abu Bassel and that they will kill all of the Supreme Military Council," he told Reuters news agency. | "The Islamic State phoned me saying that they killed Abu Bassel and that they will kill all of the Supreme Military Council," he told Reuters news agency. |
| There have been many other such incidents in this factional fighting, the BBC's Paul Woods reports from neighbouring Lebanon. | There have been many other such incidents in this factional fighting, the BBC's Paul Woods reports from neighbouring Lebanon. |
| It is partly a battle over spoils and partly ideological, pitting the secular Free Syrian Army against Islamists who want to establish a theocracy, he adds. | It is partly a battle over spoils and partly ideological, pitting the secular Free Syrian Army against Islamists who want to establish a theocracy, he adds. |
| The Free Syrian Army was formed in 2011 by army deserters based in Turkey and is said to have some 40,000 members. | The Free Syrian Army was formed in 2011 by army deserters based in Turkey and is said to have some 40,000 members. |
| Although they have had some successes in the fight against President Assad's forces, they say they will be unable to win the war unless they acquire more sophisticated weaponry. | Although they have had some successes in the fight against President Assad's forces, they say they will be unable to win the war unless they acquire more sophisticated weaponry. |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is one of the main groups in Syria linked to al-Qaeda, and has contributed to the spread of Sharia in rebel-held areas. | The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is one of the main groups in Syria linked to al-Qaeda, and has contributed to the spread of Sharia in rebel-held areas. |