Syrian rebels start to withdraw heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone

BEIRUT: Two Turkey-backed Syrian rebel officials told Reuters that rebel groups had begun to withdraw heavy weaponry from a demilitarized zone in northwest Syria on Saturday morning.

"The process of withdrawing heavy weapons began this morning and will continue for a number of days," one rebel official told Reuters.

(Reporting by Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman; Writing by Lisa Barrington in Beirut; Editing by Hugh Lawson)