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Opposition plans for Syria's future include setting up safe zones and establishing a national army, reports Absi Smeisem.

Syrian opposition forces have taken Idlib, making it only the second provincial capital after Raqqa to fall out of regime hands. Now, they have to run the city.

Activists and rebels say Jaysh al-Fath alliance has reached city centre after overwhelming more than a dozen army checkpoints - a claim denied by the regime.

Opposition groups and regime forces are preparing for a battle for the control the city of Idlib in northwest Syria, sources tell al-Araby al-Jadeed.

Opposition sources say cross-faction mobilization to recapture Idlib city is under way after the regime's gas attack on Sarmin.

Human rights campaign says regime has carried out dozens of attacks with chlorine gas since it agreed to give up its chemical weapons stockpile.