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.

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.

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. The completion of the second stage, the evacuations, was delayed in order to allow more buses to arrive.

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