(Zaman Al Wasl)- In a rare prisoner swap deal, al-Qaeda Syria's branch the Nusra Front and the Islamic State group have reached their own agreement of 'cessation of hostilities' in the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus, source told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday.
The deal came after fierce clashes between both parties who were excluded from the U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire agreement in Syria.
The swap took place in Yarmouk camp, source said.
The ISIS-Nusra deal called to halt attacks, not targetting commanders of both sides and to release prosiners.
ISIS fighters who control al-Hajar al-Aswad and Nusra fighters who control the next-door Yarmouk camp have repeatedly engaged in skirmishes that left casualties from both sides.
The last clashes left 6 people killed including two senior ISIS commanders.
France and Britain called on the Syrian regime and its Russian ally to immediately end attacks on Western-backed rebels, saying all sides had to fully implement a cessation of hostilities deal and allow unfettered access to besieged areas.
"We ask all sides that are committing human rights violations, including Russia and the Syrian regime, to put an immediate end to the attacks against moderate opposition groups," a joint statement after a Franco-British summit said.
It added that all attacks against civilians and medical personnel also had to stop and that the Syrian government and its allies should stop their "march to Aleppo, which compromised peace prospects and threatens to dramatically worsen the refugee crisis and benefit Islamic State."
The deal came after fierce clashes between both parties who were excluded from the U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire agreement in Syria.
The swap took place in Yarmouk camp, source said.
The ISIS-Nusra deal called to halt attacks, not targetting commanders of both sides and to release prosiners.
ISIS fighters who control al-Hajar al-Aswad and Nusra fighters who control the next-door Yarmouk camp have repeatedly engaged in skirmishes that left casualties from both sides.
The last clashes left 6 people killed including two senior ISIS commanders.
France and Britain called on the Syrian regime and its Russian ally to immediately end attacks on Western-backed rebels, saying all sides had to fully implement a cessation of hostilities deal and allow unfettered access to besieged areas.
"We ask all sides that are committing human rights violations, including Russia and the Syrian regime, to put an immediate end to the attacks against moderate opposition groups," a joint statement after a Franco-British summit said.
It added that all attacks against civilians and medical personnel also had to stop and that the Syrian government and its allies should stop their "march to Aleppo, which compromised peace prospects and threatens to dramatically worsen the refugee crisis and benefit Islamic State."
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