Fighters of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham cheer on a pickup truck after a Russian helicopter was shot down in the north of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, Syria, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah/File Photo
Syrian opposition activists are reporting intense clashes in the northwestern province of Idlib between two of Syria’s most powerful insurgent groups.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes began when the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham attacked positions of the extremist Jund al-Aqsa group in several areas in Idlib. It said nine Ahrar al-Sham fighters were killed.