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Clashes amongst Syrian opposition teams backed by Turkey ended on Sunday after they agreed to a truce, residents and opposition sources stated, easing fears

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Clashes among Syrian rebel groups backed by Turkey ended on Sunday after they agreed to a truce, residents an...

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US military forces have reportedly stolen tens of tons of grain from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah and smuggled them into neighboring Iraq.

Rebel negotiators told Reuters that Turkey, which maintains thousands of troops inside northwest Syria, mediated a deal among Failaq al Sham, Levant Front, Jaish al Islam and Ahrar al Sham. They are part of the Syrian National Army coalition of armed opposition groups backed by Turkey.

AMMAN (Reuters) - Clashes among Syrian rebel groups backed by Turkey ended on Sunday after they agreed to a truce, residents and rebel sources said, easing fears of wider internecine warfare among opponents of President Bashar al Assad's rule.

Following a series of reshuffles within the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Turkey-supported alliance of armed opposition groups in northern Syria, four armed groups with roots in Syria’s eastern provinces, Ahrar al-Sharqiya, Jaish al-Sharqiya, the 20th Division, and Suqur al-Sham’s eastern affiliate, announced the formation of the Liberation and Construction Movement (LCM) on Feb. 15, 2022. On April 25, 2022, the author held a four-hour conversation with the LCM’s leadership to discuss it...

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Extensive meetings were held in the past days between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which controls Idlib, and the Levant Front, one of the most prominent and strongest groups of the Syrian National Army, in a bid to reach a compromise between the two sides.