(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Saturday took a strategic post from the ISIS branch in southern Syria, foiling an ISIS attempt to slice opposition-held area in two between Qunietra nad Daraa provinces, local activists said.
Abdullah al-Shami said the resistance factions had recaptured the al-Hajez al-Rubaei, or the 'Four-way barrier', Jaish Khaled Bin Walid in the western countryside at early dawn.
Skirmishes have been reported in last few months between the small jihadist faction and rebels.
Jaish Khaled Bin Walid was formed in May 2016, and is an alliance of several jihadist groups, the largest of them the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, which was listed by Washington as a terrorist group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Jaish Khaled Bin Walid is estimated to have some 1,200 fighters, and controls territory in western Daraa province, along the border with the Occupied Golan Heights.
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