(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 ISIS fighters were killed on Thursday when a fighter from Jabahat Fateh al-Sham opened fire on their checkpoint in the Yarmouk Camp south of the capital, source said.
The attack had been followed by sporadic clashes between the ex-al-Qaeda affiliate group and ISIS in many neighborhoods in the besieged Palestinian refugee camp.
Meanwhile, Syrian regime has renewed talks with rebels of the southern suburbs of Damascus, saying it will allow fighters who surrender to escape to Idlib has emerged as the basic offer on the table wherever regime forces have rebel-held areas under siege.
The regime says its deals permit Syrians to stay as life returns to normal after a ceasefire. The opposition says the deals amount to forced demographic change to drive out Assad's opponents, an aim which the government denies.
Idlib province at the border with Turkey is almost entirely controlled by rebel groups fighting to topple Bashar Assad, including powerful Islamist factions such as Ahrar al-Sham and Fateh al-Sham, formally known as the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
Around Damascus, the pace of local deals has picked up in recent months, notably since rebels agreed to leave Daraya southwest of the capital in August for Idlib some 300 km (200 miles) away.
Ali Haidar, who as national reconciliation minister has been responsible for negotiating local deals, said he expected more accords in coming months to send thousands of fighters to Idlib from areas near Damascus and south of it, as the army advances.
Haidar said some 10,000 fighters had been given safe passage to Idlib so far from areas other than Aleppo, and he expected about as many more in the next six months "if we complete the reconciliations in the rural Damascus areas, Deraa and Quneitra". (With Reuters)
The attack had been followed by sporadic clashes between the ex-al-Qaeda affiliate group and ISIS in many neighborhoods in the besieged Palestinian refugee camp.
Meanwhile, Syrian regime has renewed talks with rebels of the southern suburbs of Damascus, saying it will allow fighters who surrender to escape to Idlib has emerged as the basic offer on the table wherever regime forces have rebel-held areas under siege.
The regime says its deals permit Syrians to stay as life returns to normal after a ceasefire. The opposition says the deals amount to forced demographic change to drive out Assad's opponents, an aim which the government denies.
Idlib province at the border with Turkey is almost entirely controlled by rebel groups fighting to topple Bashar Assad, including powerful Islamist factions such as Ahrar al-Sham and Fateh al-Sham, formally known as the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
Around Damascus, the pace of local deals has picked up in recent months, notably since rebels agreed to leave Daraya southwest of the capital in August for Idlib some 300 km (200 miles) away.
Ali Haidar, who as national reconciliation minister has been responsible for negotiating local deals, said he expected more accords in coming months to send thousands of fighters to Idlib from areas near Damascus and south of it, as the army advances.
Haidar said some 10,000 fighters had been given safe passage to Idlib so far from areas other than Aleppo, and he expected about as many more in the next six months "if we complete the reconciliations in the rural Damascus areas, Deraa and Quneitra". (With Reuters)
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