Al-Qaeda fighters and allied jihadists clashed with a rebel faction overnight in northwestern Syria after storming its weapons depot, the group and a monitor said Sunday, according to AFP.
In Tweets posted Sunday morning, Division 13 said it had failed to push back an attack by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, and allied faction Jund al-Aqsa.
Division 13 said the jihadists "raided all our bases and looted our weapons and equipment" in the town of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province. "We congratulate (Al-Nusra chief Mohammad) al-Jolani on this conquest!" the group posted sarcastically on Twitter.