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BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The Syrian army has withdrawn from the strategic city of Ariha, the last bastion of government forces in Idlib Province, on the border with Turkey.
The army's admission follows intense fighting with al-Qaeda's Syrian offshoot, the Nusra Front.
A coalition of rebel groups called Jaish al Fateh, or Conquest Army, says it's now in control of the city, having overrun several checkpoints. Syria accuses Turkey of financing and aiding rebel groups and allowing foreign jihadi fighters to enter Syrian territory.
(Source: CNTV.com)
