The recent war between the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and the Syrian Al-Qaeda organization “Jabhat Al-Nusra” is beginning to intensify inside Syria, as both terrorist groups attempt to gain the upper-hand in this long-awaited battle that sprung in late 2013 from their internal rivalries and disintegrating relations.
To much of the Syrian Opposition’s surprise, the militants from ISIS launched a surprise assault on the city of Sawran located in the northern countryside of Aleppo, resulting in their subsequent control over the area after a series of fierce clashes with the Jabhat Al-Nusra and their allies from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jabhat Al-Shamiyah (Levantine Front) last week.