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Late on Tuesday, an explosion killed 47 members of pragmatic Syrian rebel brigade Ahrar al-Sham, including most of its leadership, dealing a fresh blow to the nation’s armed opposition which could fragment its most important coalition. The opposition rebels were killed when an explosion occurred during a meeting of its top military and religious chiefs, held in the north-eastern province …

Syrian rebel forces on Monday made several advances in northwest Syria, taking over several army checkpoints as they moved closer towards seizing two major bases. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Al-Nusra Front and the rebels in the Idlib province took over “the Salam checkpoint west of the town of Khan Sheikhun after fierce battles against regime …