DAMASCUS: Rebels have expelled jihadists from four areas in the Damascus region, after having lost territory to the Islamic State (IS) in the north and east of Syria, a monitoring group said on Monday.

IS, meanwhile, has started selling Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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