North-south divide will ease Syria rebel tensions
Shifting mainstream rebel alliances will have a significant impact on the civil war and fight against 'Islamic State'.
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- Province-wide alliances
- National alliances
- Ideological alliances
- Shifting alliances
- Aleppo's Islamists
- Pragmatism trumps ideology
- Southern nationalists
- Softening regional tensions
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "A rebel fighter of the Shamiya Front mans a checkpoint in Aleppo (Reuters/Hosam Katan)")