Syrian rebels start to withdraw heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone

Syrian Turkey-backed rebel groups began to withdraw heavy weaponry from a demilitarized zone agreed by Turkey and Russia in northwest Syria on Saturday, rebels said.The Turkey-backed National Front for Liberation (NFL) rebel alliance said in a statement the process of withdrawing heavy weapons had begun, but the fighters would remain in their positions within the demilitarized zone.Under the deal agreed last month between Turkey and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's key ally Moscow, "radical" r