Al-Qaida calls for Syria arbitration over killing

By DIAA HADIDMAAMOUN YOUSSEF

Published April 5, 2014 2:40pm ET

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Al-Qaida calls for Syria arbitration over killing — FILE - In this in this 1998 file photo made available Friday, March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri speaks to the press in Khost, Afghanistan. In a recorded message posted on militant websites late Friday, April 4, 2014, the leader of al-Qaida endorsed a previous call for Islamic arbitration by the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front over the death of Abu Khaled al-Suri, who it and its allies say was killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File) | Mazhar Ali Khan

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s leader called on fighters to determine who killed his chief representative in Syria, a man many militant groups believe died at the hands of a rival militia, in a move that highlighted a conflict between rebels that has killed hundreds.

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