"If nobody else helps us, we will make an alliance with them," said one of the rebel commanders.
Rebel fighters squaring off against Syrian government troops in brutal fighting near the city of Aleppo could turn to al Qaeda for support if Western powers do not take military action against President Bashar Assad.
"We don't want al-Qaeda here, but if nobody else helps us, we will make an alliance with them," Abu Ammar, a rebel commander stationed in Aleppo, told Reuters on Thursday.
"And you can bet if Al-Qaeda comes here ... the city will become their base within three months," according to Ammar.
NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition says the regime of President Bashar
Assad was using advanced munitions against Sunni rebel strongholds.
Opposition sources said the Syrian Army was dropping so-called fuel-air
bombs on rebel-held areas in northern Syria.
Rebel sources say the Syrian regime has begun using advanced bombs on rebel-held areas in Aleppo.
The sources said the bomb, also known as thermobaric, was designed to produce a large amount of casualties through sucking the air out of a targeted area.
