<br /> <p>The formerly al-Qaeda affiliated Tahrir al-Sham released three Hezbollah fighters on August 1 as part of ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, according to Hezbollah-affiliated media</a>.</p><p>Buses arrived to Tahrir al-Sham-controlled areas of Lebanon’s Arsal on August 2 to carry thousands of fighters and their families to opposition areas in northern Syria.</p><p>Hezbollah also received five bodies of its fighters from Tahrir al-Sham on Sunday, July 31, as part of the deal’s first stage, Syrian state media said</a>. The completion of the second stage, the evacuations, was delayed in order to allow more buses to arrive.</p><p>Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched a wide-scale operation against Tahrir al-Sham in the Arsal area on July 21. A ceasefire took effect last Thursday, July 27. Credit: War Media via Storyful</p><br />
