Fighting rages between Syrian rebels and ISIL

The rebel-on-rebel clashes that erupted last Friday killed more than 300 people, a monitoring group said [AFP]

 

Clashes have escalated between Syrian rebels and al-Qaeda-linked fighters in several towns of Syria’s north.
Opposition fighters on Wednesday stormed the town of al-Dana, a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Idlib, as fighting continued in al-Bab and three other towns in Aleppo province, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Aleppo said.

UN warns CAR on brink of catastrophe

About 10,000 people are seeking shelter at the airport near the capital Bangui. [Reuters]

 

UN officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic is on the brink of a catastrophe, with half the population made homeless since ethnic warfare broke out.

Al-Qaeda-linked group 'kills' Aleppo captives

The last three days of rebel-on-rebel clashes have reportedly killed more than 120 people [AFP]

 

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed media activists, relief workers and other civilians that were held captive by the al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria's Aleppo, according to activists and a rebel fighter.