The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The north-east of Hama witnesses calm in the fronts between Tahrir Al-Sham and ISIS after rounds of fighting between them followed the control over 26 villages and areas by the latter

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the clashes stopped again in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, after fighting that had taken place this morning between the “Islamic State” organization against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, as a result of an attack by the organization in the vicinity of Rasm Al-Hamam, where ISIS is seeking to achieve further advancement and enter Idlib province, after it lost its control over it about 4 years ago, and it was also expelled from it few days ago, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the clashes between the “Islamic State” organization against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, entered their 3rd month since they started in the north-eastern countryside of Hama on the 9th of October 2017, and the clashes finished their second month with the entry to Idlib province, in which the organization managed to enter the administrative border of Idlib, 4 years after it was expelled by the rebel and Islamic factions in early 2014, in which the organization was operating named as “the Islamic state organization in Iraq and the Levant” before its declaration as the “Caliphate State” in late June 2014, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham managed to expel the organization from Idlib province again, less than 24 hours after the  organization entered Idlib, in which  Tahrir Al-Sham recovered the positions which the organization advanced in, in Bashkun area inside the administrative border of Idlib, and Tahrir Al-Sham also regained the control of two villages, thus, it secured again the border of Idlib province of the entry of members of the organization.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the ongoing efforts of the organization to advance at the expense of Tahrire Al-Sham and find a place where it can be located inside Idlib province, after it managed, since beginning its attack of the 3rd of October 2017, to advance and control the villages of Rasm Al-Hamam, Hwais Um Al-Jurn, Hwais Abu Hadib Al-Wabid Al-Qebli, Mwalah, Abu Hadib, Abu Ajwa, Anbaz, Mwalih Swarna Abu Haya, Rasm Al-Ahmar, Abu Hilal, Abu Hariq, Abu Al-Kusor, Ma’asran, Al-Athshan, Abyan, Jub Zariq, Al-Shiha, Surouj, Alia, Abu Maru, Abu Al-Khanadeq, Al-Wastiya, Samiriya, Rasm Al-Skaf, Janat Al-Swarna, Twal Al-Dabagheen, Jadida, and Talhan.