Inter-rebel clashes resume in northwest Syria after collapse of truce

FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced people ride on trucks with their belongings in Afrin, Syria February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

IDLIB/AMMAN (Reuters) - Rival Syrian rebel groups in northwestern Syria resumed heavy clashes a day after a fragile truce ended five days of bloody fighting in the last remaining opposition enclave, residents and rebels said on Monday.

The main jihadist rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS),listed as terrorists by the United States, Turkey and others,forced factions from the Turkey-backed opposition National Armyto accept a peace deal on Saturday that expanded its grip.