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| Key Free Syria Army rebel 'killed by Islamist group' | 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. | 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. |
| The BBC's Paul Woods says a civil war within a civil war is building within the opposition as the two sides engage in a battle that is partly over the spoils and partly ideological. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| In recent months, Western and Arab nations have agreed to step up support for moderate Syrian rebels in their battle against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. | |
| But many in the West are nervous about heavy weaponry falling into the hands of radical groups. | |
| Al-Qaeda in Iraq announced in April that it was merging with the Syrian Islamist group Nusra Front to form the single Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (the Levant). | |
| The leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has urged its fighters to strive for an Islamic state in Syria. | |
| The spread of Sharia in rebel-held areas has alarmed the moderate members of the opposition, who, though Muslim, do not want a religious state. |