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Rival Syrian Islamist insurgent groups Ahrar al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Friday agreed to a ceasefire following days of infighting in Idlib province, an online statement from Ahrar al-Sham said.

They said the blast ripped a textile factory where members of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an alliance of rebel groups whose backbone is the former al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front, had been using as their quarters.

Their pullout was stipulated under terms of a ceasefire deal reached on Friday following three days of heavy fighting that had pitted Ahrar al Sham, a powerful rebel group with a foothold across Syria, against Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an alliance led by al ...

Some 50 militants with the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front were killed in an explosion in Syrian city of Idlib The post Car explosion kills 50 Al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front militants in Syrian city of Idlib appeared first on Firstpost .

The attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Syria's Idlib province killed more than 90 people, including women and children.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in an interview on Thursday that Turkey will deploy troops in Syria’s northern Idlib region as part of a “de-escalation” agreement brokered by Russia last month. Erdogan, in New York for the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian submarine fired cruise missiles at jihadi targets in Syria's Idlib province on Friday, the Russian Defence Ministry said, saying it had targeted Islamist militants who had tried to trap a group of Russian military policemen ...

1 Min Read MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s air force has killed about 850 militants in Syria’s zone of de-escalation in Idlib in the last 24 hours, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Reporting by Polina ...

The United States expressed sadness and horror today over the killing of seven members of Syria's White Helmets rescue service in a jihadist-held town near Idlib. The seven were killed yesterday by unidentified assailants in a raid on their base in Sarmin, ...