Many rebels view them with suspicion, if not as outright agents of regime intelligence. .
But village sources indicated that she did not treat people in the rural village and she did not have any of her healing tools (e.g., spear and rattle) because rebels in the rural areas kill healers caught with these implements (rebels view the work of healers as contrary to the ways of God).
In an interview with BBC Radio Five Live, Miliband said he respected the rebels' views, adding: "That doesn't mean you've got to agree with them, and I don't agree with them that there should be a leadership election.
Many rebel fighters view the conflict as an Islamist revolt against an "apostate" government in Damascus led by Assad, a member of the Alawite sect, a Shiite Muslim offshoot regarded as heretical by many Sunni fundamentalists.
Despite vocal Western support for the Syrian opposition, many rebel elements view the U.S. and its allies negatively, primarily for failing to come to their assistance during initial regime crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations at the outset of the conflict.
Mr. Lotof, however, said that groups from different sects had signed up to defend against rebels they view as sectarian extremists and criminals.
The administration is also moving to bolster American support for the moderate Syrian rebels who view Mr. Assad as their main foe.
The privileged treatment of Mr Hikmatyar regarded as power-hungry and fanatical by other rebel groups was viewed with some bafflement in the expatriate community in Peshawar, and it led to backroom arguments between American officials and their British partners.Was there any privileged relationship between Mr bin Laden and the Americans?
Some rebels also view the councils as proxies for the West and other outside interests.
Mr Obama, who called for Russia to "pivot away" from the rebels, clearly views the MH17 crisis as an opportunity to end Russian intervention in Ukraine altogether.
Attacks on prisons were not uncommon in French Indochina, as rebels often viewed the prisoners as a source of reinforcements.
