由于各方即将在日内瓦举行第二轮由联合国发起的和平谈判，政府军已经对阿勒颇等城市发动了恶性炸弹袭击；包括叙利亚自由军在内的温和派伊斯兰叛乱团体都在与基地组织分支机构公开作战；同时基地组织相关机构也内讧纷起。
As the parties prepare to meet in Geneva for the second round of United Nations-sponsored peace talks, the government has launched vicious barrel-bomb attacks on Aleppo and other cities; more moderate Islamist rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army, are openly at war with Al Qaeda affiliates; and Al Qaeda-linked groups are now fighting among themselves.