BALADI NEWS
The Leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main militant group in Syria's northwestern Idlib, on Saturday refused any withdrawal from a future buffer zone after a truce went into effect in the area.
"What the regime could not take militarily or by force, they will not get through peaceful means or through negotiations and politics," said Abu Mohamed al-Jolani. "We will never withdraw from the zone," he was cited by AFP as saying.
Jolani made his comments during a meeting with reporters organised by the former al-Qaeda affiliate.
On Thursday the Syrian regime agreed to a truce in Idlib on condition that a Turkish-Russian buffer-zone deal was implemented, according to state news agency SANA.
In a statement released on Friday Aug.2, HTS has warned the regime forces of targeting any of the territories under its control, and and it vowed a sharp response to any violation by Assad regime forces.
Source: Middle East Eye.