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AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syria n rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa on Saturday, the birthplace of a 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the fourth city his forces have lost in a week.Rebel sources said the military agreed to make an orderly withdrawal from Daraa under a deal giving army officials safe passage to the capital Damascus, about 100 km north.Social media videos showed rebels on motorcycles and others mingling with residents on the streets.
In another ominous sign for Assad in the east, the Syrian Kurdish force said Islamic State — a jihadist group that imposed martial law under its harsh rule before its defeat by a US-led coalition in 2017 — had taken control of some areas in eastern Syria.Aron Lund, a fellow at think-tank Century Foundation, said Assad's government was "fighting for their lives at this point".
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