Rebel group ‘is pulling out’

– The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday that rebel group Failaq al-Sham has started withdrawing its forces and heavy arms from a demilitarised zone in northwest Syria.

The group is the first to comply with a requirement to leave a demilitarised buffer zone set up to avert a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive, said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Britain-based war monitor. – Reuters

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