BEIRUT: US-backed rebels on Sunday accused al-Qaeda-linked fighters of storming their headquarters in northwestern Syria and kidnapping their commander and dozens of other combatants. In an online statement, Jaish al-Tahrir said its commander, Mohammed al-Ghabi, was abducted from his father’s home in the town of Kafranbel by Al-Nusra Front Jihadists on Saturday evening.
It said Al-Nusra fighters also "kidnapped more than 40 members of Jaish al-Tahrir" and stole weapons from other bases and checkpoints set up in northwestern Syria.