Via LWJ:

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, one of two al Qaeda branches fighting in Syria, recently teamed up with the Yarmouk Brigade of the Free Syrian Army to take control of the Daraa border crossing to Jordan.

The Yarmouk Brigade, the Al Nusrah Front, and the Aknaf Bait al Maqdis, or Defenders of Jerusalem, another jihadist group allied with al Qaeda that operates in Daraa, began the final push to take control of the border crossing last week. By Sept. 25, Al Hayat reported that 70 percent of the border crossing was under the control of the joint FSA and jihadist alliance. The crossing came under full control of the al Qaeda and FSA units yesterday, Al Jazeera reported.

A rebel military commander told Al Hayat that the Al Nusrah Front and the Aknaf Bait al Maqdis “played an essential role in the storming of the crossing through coordinated efforts with the south Syria command center that is controlled by factions affiliated with the FSA.”

Twenty-six Syrian soldiers and seven Al Nusrah Front fighters are said to have been killed during the fighting. Videos of a tank flying Al Nusrah’s flag and firing on Syrian Army positions at the border crossing were published on YouTube.