21 July 2017•Update: 21 July 2017
IDLIB, Syria
Two armed Syrian opposition groups on Friday agreed to a ceasefire after three days of conflict in Idlib, in the country’s northwest,
Muhammad Abu Zeyd, a spokesman of Ahrar al-Sham, told Anadolu Agency that his group and Tahrir al-Sham, al-Qaeda's Syrian branch, decided to end the conflict, saying that they will leave Bab al-Hawa, along the border with Turkey.
The control of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing will be ceded to civilian officials, Abu Zeyd said.
The conflict between the two groups started on July 18.
Reporting by Levent Tok, Burak Karacaoglu and Adham Kako; Writing by Fatma Bulbul
