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Tuesday, 20 August, 2019

Syria: Syria rebels pull out of key town of Khan Sheikhoun after 5 years

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Syrian opposition forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of Khan Sheikhoun, deep in the last rebel-held province.

Government forces, backed by Russia, closed in on the town in recent weeks, five years after rebels took over.

Rebels told the BBC that fighters pulled out of the town on Tuesday.

But an official statement from the main jihadist group in Idlib province, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), characterised it as a “redeployment” of forces.

The News:
https://www.bbc.com/ … middle-east-49404741