Rebels withdraw from key area of northwest Syria
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance say it was a tactical withdrawal and its forces have regrouped further south after heavy bombardment
20 August 2019 - 18:58
Maaret al-Noman — Jihadists and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria Tuesday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pressed an offensive against the jihadist-run Idlib region.
In the early hours of Tuesday, anti-Assad fighters pulled back from the town of Khan Sheikun and the countryside to its south, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said...
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