New raids on homes in Idlib city, more people arrested

Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled areas in the vicinity of al-Ghassaniya town in the western countryside of Jisr Al-Shughur, which caused fire in the agricultural land in the vicinity of the town, while Harakat Ahrar al-Sham carried out raids in Idlib city and arrested several persons who were accused by belonging to “Islamic State” organization, within the campaign the was launched by the factions to uproot the organization from the province, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham carried out at dawn raids and arrests in Wadi Khaled area west of Idlib city against what it called “sleeper cells of the Islamic State organization”, where several persons were arrested and taken to an unknown destination, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that tension prevails Jisr Al-Shughur city, after an attack of which local source told the Syrian Human Rights Observatory that members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham carried it out him on a Civil Defense Center in the city, following the Civil Defense members’ failure to deliver engineering vehicles and other vehicles to Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, which the also mentioned had requested from the Civil Defense Center in Jisr Al-Shughur city. the attack was accompanied by gunfire in the area, while the residents confirmed to the Observatory that the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and the Islamic Turkestan Party have intervened to mediate and resolve the dispute between both parties. no information about casualties.

It is noteworthy that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that tension continues to prevail Idlib city and its eastern countryside, after raids carried out by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in the city and in Sarmin town in its eastern countryside, on the pretext of searching for “sleeper cells of the Islamic State organization”, where tens of members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham raided houses and HQs, after which tens of persons were arrested and taken by members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham to an unknown destination, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the raids were carried out in conjunction with gunfire, while local parties accused Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham of trying to “show itself as the only party able to maintain security in Idlib province”, while raids took place in other areas where Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is located.

In these raids -which took place Idlib city and Sarmin town- members of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities were arrested, intersecting sources said that most of them were members of the dissolved Jund Al-Aqsa organization, where part of them swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization and the other part joined Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the arrests were made in the ranks of those who joined Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, also earlier the finger of the accusations was pointing at the fighters of Jund al-Aqsa organization in carrying out bombings and assassinations against tens of fighters and leaders of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and other factions in Idlib.