US asks Syria militant groups to retreat to Jordan amid army advances
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US backed terrorists from the so-called Free Syrian Army disembark from an armored vehicle near the town of Bizaah northeast of the city of Al-Bab on February 4, 2017.
The US and its allies have urged two militant groups fighting the government in southeastern Syria to retreat into Jordan in the face of army advances, Reuters has quoted militant sources as saying.
Both Usoud al-Sharqiya and Martyr Ahmad Abdo, part of the so-called Free Syrian Army group, were urged by their main backers, the CIA and some Arab states, including Jordan and Saudi Arabia, to end fighting in the area, militant sources said.
Badr al Din al Salamah, a senior official in the Usoud al Sharqiya group, said, “There is an official request for us to leave the area.”
The request comes as the Syrian arm...