The war against Fateh al-Sham Front stretches in the countryside of Idlib and the allied factions achieve more advancement in several areas

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
The fighting continue between the major factions which operate in the countryside of Idlib, where the fighting escalated between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Soqur al-Sham Brigades and other factions allied with them against Fateh al-Sham Front, these clashes which was expanded to many areas in the countryside of Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo and the administrative border between both provinces, after 3 years of similar military operation which was conducted against the “Islamic State” organization by the Union of Factions formed early 2014. Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian observatory for human rights that Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham attacked the city of Maarrat al-Nu’man and managed to expel Fateh al-Sham Front from their headquarters in the city, located south of Idlib province, also clashes are taking place between both parties in the vicinity of the city, where the most important headquarters of the Fatah al-Sham exist, also clashes are taking place in al-Hamdiyyeh area near Maarrat al-Nu’man, and confirmed information about the death of several fighters of both parties, also clashes took place between Soqur al-Sham against Fatah al-Sham in Mra’eian and Ihsem villages during of which Soqur al-Sham managed to control both villages, also a fighter of Fateh al-Sham Front was killed in these clashes, clashes also are taking place in Jabal al-Zawiyah between Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham against Fatah al-Sham (Jabhat Al-Nusra earlier) in Jabal al-Zawiyah, in an attempt to expel Fateh al-Sham Front of Jabal al- Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had published hours ago that the sounds of clashes were heard in the area between the Batbo junction and Hazano on the administrative border between the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib, as a result of the fighting between Jaysh al-Mujahideen against Fateh al-Sham Front, where the road was closed to prevent the civilians from passing to the clash areas, while residents in Maarrat Misrin area in the countryside of Idlib have blocked the road leading to the western countryside of Aleppo and the administrative border with Idlib; to prevent the convoys of Fateh al-Sham Front from passing towards the area and widening the scale of clashes between both of them, amid an angry demonstration by residents of Killi town which is near the clash areas, where the demonstrators called for the necessity to stop the fighting between both parties, also local sources informed the activists of the Syrian Observatory for human rights that clashes took place on the outskirts of Kafr Nabl due to the mutual arrests between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and Fateh al-Sham Front in the area, while the Faction of Soqur al-Sham brigades expelled Fateh al-Sham Front from all their headquartered in Benin and left them one checkpoint on the outskirts of the village located in the northwest of Maarrat al-Nu’man in the southern countryside of Idlib, also Fateh al-Sham Front were expelled from the village of Hantutin in the northwest of Maarrat al-Nu’man and from positions near the northern outskirts used to be controlled by Fatah al-Sham by Faction of Soqur al-Sham brigades as well, also the last mentioned controlled with Ahrar al-Sham the town of Ihsim in the countryside of Idlib, after controlling sites and headquarters of Fatah al-Sham in the town.

Also many reliable sources confirmed that the attack (which took place this morning by Fateh al-Sham Front on al-Halazon area near Batbo area the weight center of Jaysh al-Mujahideen)  was accompanied by cutting the telecommunication by Fateh al-Sham Front, also SOHR received confirmed information about the death of 5 persons of the same family -most of them are children and citizen women- in the fall of a shell as a result of the ongoing clashes in al-Halazon village between Jaysh al-Mujahideen against Fatah al-Sham, also an exchange of arrests took place between Jaysh al-Mujahideen and Fateh al-Sham Front in Marshourin in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man, amid the control of Fatah al-Sham on Anadan, Kafr Hamra, Khan al-Asal, Huraytan, Kafrnaha and Urem al-Kubra in the western, northwestern and northern countryside of Aleppo, after their attack on the headquarters of al-Shamiyyah Front (Levant Front) there, while the people of towns and villages of Babkeh, Kafrnuran, Kafr Halab and al-Jinah called that their villages and towns should be away of fighting which is taking place between the major factions in Aleppo and Idlib.

It should be noted that Jaysh al-Mujahideen was formed in early January 2014 by the union of “Nur al-Din Al-Zenki Brigades, al-Ansar Brigades, Fastaqim Kama Umirt Union, The Islamic Hurriyyah Brigade, Amjad al-Islam Brigade, Ansar al-Khelafah Brigade, The Islamic Movement of al-Nur, Jund al-Haramain Brigade, and other factions” to fight the “Islamic State” organization in Aleppo, Idlib and other areas in Syria, also these clashes came after three years of similar attack that took place in Aleppo, Latakia and Idlib by Jaysh al-Mujahideen and other factions against the “Islamic State” organization, which ended with the expelling of the organization out of the provinces of Idlib and Latakia and the northern countryside of Hama and Aleppo city and other parts of Aleppo province, and the northern countryside of Hama and several other areas of Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today morning that Fateh al-Sham front attacked al-Mujahidin army camp in Marshourin area in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-No’aman, the sources confirmed that the camp was empty, the people of Marshourin town announced a statement declaring that any rebel group enter the town will be targeted, the town of al-Halazon near western Aleppo witnessed massive attack by Fateh al-Sham on al-Mujahidin army HQs amid attacking Anadan town, dissatisfaction is taking over civilians of the area due to the fight.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights publish shortly before midnight yesterday that a state of tension in the eastern countryside of Idlib and in the outskirts of the western countryside of Aleppo, after receiving information about trooping by Fateh al-Sham Front to fight Jaysh al-Mujahideen in the western countryside of Aleppo, in conjunction with tensions and trooping in the far northern countryside of Hama between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and the organization of Jund al-Aqsa, amid fears of the outbreak of clashes between them again after handing over the prisoners of each party to the other, after a mediation by Fateh al-Sham Front which absolved Jund al-Aqsa of their “swear of allegiance”. 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”.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also received a copy of an agreement between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and Fath al-Sham Front back in the first third of November 2016 concerning the organization of Jund al-Aqsa, which announced its “swear of allegiance” to Fath al-Sham Front after 4 days of the outbreak of clashes between Jund al-Aqsa “formerly” and Ahrar al-Sham, in several villages and towns and areas in the countryside of Idlib, the agreement stated that immediate and direct hold of fire should take place, opening the closed roads, and within 24 hours releasing the detainees with all their belongings except those who have a case of “connecting to the State’s persons (Khawarij) “, then they shall be referred to a judicial committee of 4 judges, 2 of Ahrar al-Sham and their supporting factions, and 2 from Fath al-Sham Front, so they consider the claims of killing and connecting to “Islamic State” or others, and this committee meet within 48 hours, with each party’s commitment to bring those wanted by the judiciary Committee, the agreement also stated that “swear of allegiance of Jund al-Aqsa to Fath al-Sham Front “is considered also the dissolve of the” entity of Jund al-Aqsa “and its integration with Fatah al-Sham Front, and this is what leads to prevent the re-formation of Jund al-Aqsa once again in the future, and that the situation at Sermin city to return to also it used to be before the fighting, with Fath al-Sham Front manages all checkpoints of Jund al-Aqsa in it, and other areas are subject to this agreement, and the gathered forces should withdraw when the judiciary committee requests that and announces the start of the procedures in earnest.