syria rebel infighting kills 45 fighters in 2 days ap monday 9 jun 2014 activists say rebel infighting in syria has killed 45 opposition fighters over the past two days. the britain-based syrian observatory for human rights says the fighting flared up in eastern deir el-zour province on sunday and continued into monday. the observatory says the clashes pitted al-qaidas affiliate the nusra front against the al-qaida breakaway islamic state of iraq and the levant. the two jihadi groups were allies but had a falling out earlier this year and have since intermittently clashed in some of the fiercest rebel infighting in the syrian civil war. the observatory says a month of infighting in dier el-zour alone has killed nearly 300 fighters and displaced 100000 civilians. it has also weakened the syrian oppositions resolve to overthrow president bashar assad.
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