Al-Qaida in Syria seizes large parts of northern city

[Warren Stupidity]

BEIRUT — Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, captured most of the northwestern city of Idlib from government forces Saturday, sweeping into neighborhoods in the center of the city in a powerful blow to President Bashar Assad’s government, opposition activists and the group said.

The Nusra Front is leading a group of ultra-conservative rebels in a major offensive that began earlier this week to take Idlib, near the border with Turkey. If the city falls, it would be the second provincial capital and major urban center lost by President Bashar Assad’s forces in the four-year-old conflict.

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Alternative headline: US Policy in Syria So Confused Nobody Knows Who to Hate.