Turkish-backed rebels in northern city of al-Bab ended five days of infighting as 12 rebel factions sign a deal regulates using of weapons and demands rebels to evacuate military bases in the former ISIS stronghold, local council said Saturday.
It was not clear what triggered the armed clashes between rival rebel groups last Sunday who hold sway in the city since it was seized last February from Islamic State militants.
The heavy clashes left several dead and scores injured, another rebel source said.
Turkey sent warplanes, tanks and artillery into Syria last year in support of the Arab Sunni rebels, an operation dubbed "Euphrates Shield" which was aimed at driving both Islamic State and Kurdish militia forces away from its border.
Checkpoints were spread by the Turkish-controlled military council that runs the city where thousands of people have been returning in recent months with the gradual resumption of basic services, a resident who was contacted in the city said.
Rebel infighting has been a major weakness of the revolt against Bashar al Assad's rule since its earliest days, with rebel factions divided by both ideology and local power struggles
