The clashes between al-Zenki and Tahrir al-Sham continues in the west of Aleppo
Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of clashes but at a decreased pace between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, in the western sector of Aleppo, as a result of the erupt of clashes on Tuesday the 20th of February 2018, and the Syrian Observatory monitored Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham being able to take control of an important village near Urem Al-Kubra and Kafrnaha, while Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement took control of Batbu town, and the clashes between both parties have caused the injury of a woman from Aleppo city and the death of a civilian man in Kafrnaha town, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the after the increase of tensions and alerts between Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right monitored the eruption of clashes in the western countryside of Aleppo between both parties, where clashes are taking place in the areas of Ewijel, Kafrnaha and the outskirts of Urem al-Kubra town, and the clashes extended to the outskirts of Darat Azza town, amid targeting operations by medium and heavy weapons between both parties, which killed a civilian at Jam’eyyat al-Rahhal in Kafrnaha area, where each party is trying to advancement at the expense the other party, amid information about captives between both parties.
These clashes came in the wake of tension between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, which pushed the latter to unite with the Islamic Movement of Ahrar Al-Sham under the new name “Hayyaat Tahrir Syria”, and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that this union aims to block any military action by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, after the tensions and alerts in areas of Tahrir al-Sham and the contact areas with Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday, Saturday, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored tension in the western countryside of Aleppo, between two of the largest factions operating in the area, as a result of opening fire by a patrol of Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, on a vehicle as it did not stop at the checkpoint after the midnight of Thursday – Friday, it was revealed then that an Arab commander of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham was in the vehicle with his wife, where the commander was “the education official in the Department of Displaced Affairs” and held several military positions including the supervision of training those who joined the ranks of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, while his wife is still in a serious condition, and the sources asserted to the Syrian Observatory that the commander is Abu Ayman Al-Masri and he is Egyptian, and one of the commanders of the global Al-Qaeda.