Syria rebels threaten key position near regime bastion: monitor

[WorldNews]

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Syrian rebel groups allied with Al-Qaeda fighters fought Wednesday to advance on a key military headquarters near President Bashar al-Assad's coastal heartland, a monitor said. The Islamist rebels, including fighters from Central Asia and Chechens, as well as jihadists from Syria's Al-Qaeda branch, were pressing an advance on the village of Jureen, Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP. Perched on a plateau in the central province of Hama, Jureen stands between Sahl al-Ghab, a plain where Assad's army has for several days been fighting the rebels, and the pro-Assad Latakia province to the west.

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