The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Fateh al-Sham Front mediate in a prisoner exchange between the fighting factions in Idlib and absolves Jund al-Aqsa after about three and a half months of their “swear of allegiance”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that exchange of prisoners took place between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and groups who swore allegiance to the organization of Fateh al-Sham Front, with a mediation by Fateh al-Sham Front (Nusra Front formerly), and the exchange process took place in the countryside of Idlib, also the Syrian Observatory was informed by local sources that clashes took place between both parties in the vicinity of Neirab area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of Jund Al-Aqsa fighters, where Fateh al-Sham Front announced in a statement that “Jund al-Aqsa’s swear of allegiance is organizationally absolved but the Islam-Bond stand still”, Fatah al-Sham attributed the reasons of that to the non-compliance of Jund al-Aqsa to the orders “Based on the hear-and-obey” and because they had information from fighters of Jund al-Aqsa that they did not to accept the “swear of allegiance” and that their “Emir have sworn the allegiance by his own will and the will of who wanted to of Jund al-Aqsa members and without consensus”.