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4 battalions from Qatar-backed Islamist brigade defect to wage ‘armed jihadist struggle’
The four battalions broke from the Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade after one of the group’s top leaders defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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Qatar-funded Syrian rebel brigade backs al Qaeda groups in Syria
The Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade said that it would join al Qaeda’s affiliates and fight a Kurdish militia. It is funded by Qatar and is represented on the US-backed Supreme Military Command.
