Two Jihadist groups sign reconciliation agreement in Aleppo

Two Islamist rebel groups Sunday agreed to end the fighting between each other in Aleppo, according to a statement, seen by Zaman Alwasl.

The reconciliation agreement held between Jaish Al Muhajereen wa Al Ansar, Jihadist group mostly foreign fighters led by Salah al-Din al-Chechani, and the brigade of Badr Martyrs.

Both groups agreed to swap the detainees as well as to unit all efforts to fight Bashar al-Assad's forces.  

Meanwhile, the Syrian death toll rose to 140,000 people, over 7,000 of them children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.