Sudden withdrawal for ISIS militants from Latakia Mountains

Syrian Revolution General Commission reported Monday sudden withdrawal for the State of Iraq and al-Sham’s militants from its strongholds in costal area.

Abu Adham, battalion commander in rebel-held Salma village of Latakia Mountains, said ISIS fighters without warning they left their barracks and some joint checkpoints with rebels in Slama and other areas.

Activists said that ISIS and rebel groups had reached a deal to avoid infighting if  ISIS fighters will leave Latakia province.

While ISIS was once welcomed by rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, excessive abuses by the group turned much of the opposition against them.

More than 2000 people, mostly fighters, died in 50 days fighting between rebels and ISIS, since three massive rebel alliances declared war against ISIS early January.

Syria's nearly three-year conflict began as popular protests against four decades of Assad family rule but changed into armed insurgency under a security force crackdown.

Now the major Arab state is in a full-scale civil war that has killed more than 140,000 people and forced over 6 million - more than a quarter of the population - to flee their home.