The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Idlib city witnesses violent clash between the security of Tahrir al-Sham and active cells in the area who attacked members of Tahrir al-Sham in the city within the escalation of their activity in the area

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory monitored in increase of insecurity within Idlib Province, in a continuation for the activity of the cells operating in the area, where unknown gunmen believed to be sleeper cells of the “Islamic State” Organization and were riding in a car, attacked by machinegun’s fire members of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham near Shuaib Mosque in Idlib city, which injured several members of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and then the attackers fled but members of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham followed them, and besieged them in al-Qosur neighborhood in the city, where the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes took place between both parties, coincided with at least one explosion believed to be caused by a member of the sleeper cell detonating himself, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored fading the body of a young man from Homs city, he was killed and his body was thrown in an abandoned house in Binnish town in the northeastern countryside of Idlib, raising to 503 the number of people who were killed in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama, since the 26th of April 2018, the date of starting the security chaos to be escalated in the province, they are 8 person including 6 fighters who were killed in the explosion that hit the middle of Idlib, and the wife of an Uzbek commander and his son, in addition to 144 civilians including 20 children and 12 women, of who were assassinated through bomb explosions, IED detonations, shooting, abduction, murder and then throwing the bodies in remote areas, and 300 fighters of Syrian nationality belong to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions operating in Idlib, and 49 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities have been assassinated in the same ways, also the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published 2nd of March 2019 that intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that number of people executed by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in front of Fusion Restaurant in Idlib city rose to 10 people, believed to be sleeper cells of the “Islamic State” Organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham executing about 8 people, the sources said that they were members of the “Islamic State” organization’s cells, where they were executed in front of “Fusion Restaurant” in al-Debit neighborhood at Idlib city, in which shooting took place yesterday by a person which killed 8 people and injured others, and the Syrian Observatory published that the Syrian Observatory monitored the increase of number of casualties in the violent bombing that hit Idlib city, on the 1st of March of 2019, where it rose to 8 including 6 “jihadi” fighters, the number of people who were killed in the explosion, of which intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that it was caused by a person’s detonation for himself using an explosive belt at “Fusion Restaurant” in al-Debbit neighborhood, after he shot those who were at the restaurant using a light weapon he had, and reliable sources confirmed that fighters of different nationalities of the area’s “jihadis” frequently came to the restaurant, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, raising to 500, the number of people who were killed in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama, since the 26th of April 2018, the date of starting the security chaos to be escalated in the province, they are 8 person including 6 fighters who were killed in the explosion that hit the middle of Idlib, and the wife of an Uzbek commander and his son, in addition to 142 civilians including 20 children and 12 women, of who were assassinated through bomb explosions, IED detonations, shooting, abduction, murder and then throwing the bodies in remote areas, and 299 fighters of Syrian nationality belong to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions operating in Idlib, and 49 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities have been assassinated in the same ways, also the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored dismantling an IED under a car in Salqin town in the countryside of Idlib, while unidentified gunmen at dawn of today Thursday attempted to plant an explosive device in a car of a leader of Jaysh al-Izza in Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern countryside of Idlib, where exchanged fire took place between the leader and the unknown gunmen, but no information about casualties yet, and this comes within the continued security chaos in areas of control of Tahrir al-Sham and the factions in Idlib Province and the surrounding countryside, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 26th of February 2019 that the security chaos continues in Idlib Province and its surroundings, as the sleeper and active cells continue to operate in the area and kill more people, where the Syrian Observatory monitored unknown gunmen shooting a person in Sarmin town in the eastern sector of Idlib countryside, which killed him and injured 2 others.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a child affected by injury he had in 2 consecutive explosions in Idlib city on the 18th of February 2019, raising the death toll to 25 due to these 2 explosions, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 24th of February 2019 that  a violent explosion was heard in Idlib city, it is believed to be caused by the explosion of a booby-trapped motorcycle in al-Sa’aa Square in the middle of the city, which caused serious injuries and preliminary information about the death of a person, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 23rd of February 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new incident of the continued security chaos within the controlled areas of the factions in Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, where unidentified gunmen assassinated a member of the faction “Jaysh Al-Ahrar” by shooting him in the southern sector of Idlib countryside.

And the Syrian Observatory published on the 18th of February 2019, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been continuing to monitor the consequences and developments of the explosions that pounded Idlib city center in the north of Syria today, Monday the 18th of February 2019, where the death toll of fighters who were killed in these explosion has increased to 6 fighters including a Tunisian commander, it turned out that 3 women out of 16 citizens were also killed in the same explosions, while the total civilian death toll included 4 children who were also killed in the 2 explosions which pounded Idlib at noon of today, Monday, while there are 2 bodies whose identity is not known so far, and the death toll of the explosions which took place today and which resulted in the death of 24 persons, rose the total death toll of the security chaos since the 26th of April 2018.