Jihadist group cements control of Syria's Idlib province: rebels

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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.

Turkish and Russian personnel will be deployed in Syria's northern Idlib region as part of a de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month, Turkish broadcasters quoted the Turkish presidential spokesman as saying on Thursday.

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 .

Ahrar al-Sham had blamed IS for yesterday's attack in the village of Tal Touqan in Idlib province.

Syria opposition activists say a suicide attack in rebel-controlled Idlib province killed at least five members of a powerful ultraconservative insurgent group.

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