An al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Syria has executed the head of an anti-government rebel battalion, accusing him of "apostasy".
Foreign-backed militants in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for "understanding and forgiveness" after cutting off and putting on display the wrong man's head who was a commander of other terrorist group.
The Turkish military has said it has fired artillery at targets belonging to al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Syria — in retaliation for a mortar shell that landed close to a Turkish military post near the border.
Terrorists linked to al-Qaeda have overrun a Syrian town near the border with Turkey after fierce clashes broke out with units of the so-called Free Syrian Army militant group.