Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:33FSA Threatens to Hand over Strategic Region to Syrian Army as Gap Widens among MilitantsTEHRAN (FNA)-The armed rebels of the Free SyrianArmy (FSA) warned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)terrorist group that they would hand over a strategic region in Reef(countryside of) Aleppo to the Syrian army if the ISIL does not halt itsattacks on FSA’s concentration centers in the region.According to FNA dispatches, the militants of FSA's Moqeyrat Battalionhave warned their aggressive rival group, the ISIL (anAl-Qaeda-affiliate), that they would pave the way for the Syrian army’sseizure of the strategic Bustan al-Basha district of Aleppo if ISIL doesnot stop its continued raid on FSA's positions.In recent days, the FSA and the ISIL militants have intensified theirarmed infighting to expand their control over more strategic areas inAleppo.After more than two years of fighting side-by-side and leading one ofthe bloodiest conflicts in the recent history of Middle-East, the FSAand al-Qaeda affiliated groups have been making some moves against eachother following reports of West’s alleged concerns over sending morearms to Syria and possibility of them falling into the hands ofterrorists.Analysts say West’s pressures for opening a way to send arms tomilitants in Syria and not the terrorists is actually differentiatingthe anti-Syria armed groups to “good terrorists” and “bad terrorists”.Militants in Syria have been committing numerous war crimes againstpeople and Syrian army soldiers throughout the country during theirbloody war.Last month, sources said the number of antigovernment combat factionshas reached 1750, including the FSA, ISIL, and other groups working fordifferent agendas.However, the most prominent differences lie between the FSA and theISIL, where media sources reported that the latter killed Abu ObeidaAl-Binshi, one of the FSA commanders, the Islam Times reported.“The assassination took place after the ISIL had taken a number ofMalaysians, Syrians and Turks relief workers as hostages,” the sourcessaid."Following the abduction, a number of the FSA brigades moved in anattempt to release prisoners, which led to clashes between the twoopposition groups, and left Al-Binshi killed," they elaborated further.Earlier, a media source in the FSA described the "State of Iraq andLevant" as the movement which turned into a cruel rebel group.“This organization kills all dissidents without exception, chasing andassassinating them in the areas of Ghouta and Damascus westerncountryside,” the media source said.Such incidents were being repeated in Syria during the recent period,signaling a growing tension between the militant groups active under theFSA and the so-called 'Jihadi' groups, mainly composed of non-Syrianmilitants.For its part, the opposing UK-based Syrian Observatory said thatAl-Qaeda-affiliated ISIL had beheaded another battalion commander in theprovince of Idlib, Northwest Syria, in the wake of a battle eruptedbetween the Syrian army and militants of other battalions in the town ofDana, in which dozens were killed.Recently, the city of Raqqa in Northern Syria has witnessed protests,sit-ins and demonstrations against the armed groups deployment as aresult of arrests carried out.Moreover, the killing of a 14-year boy at the hands of ISILmercenaries in front of his family in the city of Aleppo after beingaccused of blasphemy had also provoked widespread protests.In another case of internal clashes among the Syrian militants,Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant andthe Greater Syria clashed with members of a group affiliated to the FSAin mid August, driving them out from the city of Raqqa.The fighting took place in Raqqa, where Al-Qaeda fighters overran theFSA’s Ahfad al-Rasoul brigade, capturing the group’s headquarters andforcing its fighters to flee into neighboring Turkey.Militants familiar with the situation said that the fighting overRaqqa had been going on off and on for months, but picked up in earlyAugust.Raqqa has been the site of multiple protests, with locals angry thatthey are being occupied by foreign factions, and that those factions areconstantly at odds.FSA members are not welcomed in many parts of Syria after theygathered in terrorists from several other countries to bring down thegovernment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.According to local reports, antigovernment forces have turned to be referred as anti-Syria forces among people.Fighting between Al-Qaeda-linked fighters and the Ahfad al-Rasoulbrigade for control of Raqqa intensified in the second week of August.The battle culminated with the extremist group detonating a car bombearly August 14 at the city’s main train station, killing Rasoulcommanders Abu Mazen and Fahd Hussein al-Kajwan.The Al-Qaeda-linked rebels clashed with Rasoul armed men at thebrigade’s headquarters, which they eventually overran, with most of thegroup withdrawing to Turkey on the same day (August 14).Free Syrian Army leaders have acknowledged that the fighting betweentheir brigades and extremist rivals has reached a critical stage.