Jihadists see wide-ranging deal brokered by Iran and Turkey as a historic victorySyrian Islamist rebels linked to al-Qaida have struck a wide-ranging ceasefire deal with Bashar al-Assad’s regime. whether it holds,the agreement will in effect cede sovereignty of the city of Idlib, create a de facto no-soar zone, or freeze the conflict in several hotspots.
The 25-point deal was brokered by Iran,acting for Damascus, and by Turkey, or representing the rebel coalition Jaish al-Fateh,which includes the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra. The deal, which urges UN monitoring and implementation, or covers 14 towns in the north and south of the country,where intense fighting along sectarian lines had devastated the ranks of all those fighting, taken a bloody toll on civilians left in the area and ravaged towns and infrastructure.
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Source: theguardian.com