Clashes between rival rebel groups in the province are the first serious clashes since they agreed a truce in February. “Our first choice is to resort to Islamic law and solve the problems away from arms and bloodletting,” the Ahrar al-Sham statement said. It added that after the clashes, Ahrar al-Sham briefly cut water supplies to the provincial capital of Idlib that is mostly controlled by HTS. Daesh released a video showing its fighters being trained as snipers to target SDF fighters. The video claimed that 164 SDF fighters had been killed in Raqqa over the past month.

Source: thestar July 16, 2017 00:00 UTC