Al- Islam Army accuses Jabhat al- Nusra of attacking it in the Eastern Ghouta

SOHR received a statement issued by al- Islamic Army accusing Jabhat al- Nusra of attacking its checkpoints and headquarters as seizing weapons.

“When al- Islam Army were carrying out arrest warrant issued by the “Unified Judiciary” against one of the wanted to appear before justice from the town of Mdira in 7/12/2015 at 7 p.m. whose name is “Abo Ahmad Mujahed a group of masked men intervened to prevent the implementation of the task that led to leave the area without carrying out the warrant. Then, immediately an armed group of Jabhat al- Nusra attacked the security office of al- Islam Army in Mdira, arrested the leading figure in the Third Brigade Abo Alaa, seized 6 automatic rifles from the office and assaulted some members. After that 3 motorcycles passed through a checkpoint of al- Islam Army, one of the motorcycles opened fire towards the checkpoint in turn the fighters responded to the sources of firing that led to wound some of the attackers who was from Jabhat al- Nusra. After this accident, some members of Jabhat al- Nusra has kidnapped 6 members from “the Military Services Body” of al- Islam Army, and in the midnight Jabhat al- Nusra stopped a group of al- Islam Army which was coming from al- Marj area, arrested 6 of them and took the weapons from the rest taking advantage of non-receipt of orders of firing.”