Driving the opposition push in Syria is a new working relationship between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, the key backers of the rebels in northern Syria.
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By pumping weapons to Syrian rebels across the Turkish border, the three countries have forged a new opposition coalition known as the
Army of Conquest, which has made significant gains over the past two months in Idlib province and other areas in the northwest. The regime army, loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, appears to be exhausted after four years of fighting and no longer able to hold some contested ground.
