Fighting of the major factions in the west of Aleppo and the countryside of Idlib continue with attempts of advancement between both parties

The fighting is still ongoing violently between Noor Al-Din Al-Zinki Movement on one hand and Hayaat Tahrir Al-Sham on the other in areas in Batbo area in the western part of Idlib countryside, on the highway of Bab Al-Hawa, while Hayaat Tahrir Al-Sham fired several shells at areas in the town of Anjara in the same countryside, and the area of Kafr Naseh witness ongoing clashes between both parties in an attempt by the Al-Zinki to control, while areas in the countryside of Idlib witness clashes between Sukor Al-Sham and Ahrar Al-Sham Movement on one hand and Hayaat Tahrir Al-Sham on the other, and the clashes are concentrated in areas of Marat Al-Sen and Ariha, amid an exchange of shelling on the clash area, and there is confirmed information about advancement of Tahrir Al-Sham, while a young man was killed by sniper bullets in the outskirts of Ariha as a result of clashes between the factions.

The SOHR published today that the clashes of the abolition war, completed their 4th day, and entered the 5th consecutive day, since they started on the 20th of February 2018, as al-Zenki, Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham aim to reduce Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham’s scope of control, through attacking the large spaces controlled by the latter in Idlib province, and in the western countryside of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham managed to advance and the have controlled since the abolition war started, Al-Hbit, Al-Hbit checkpoint, Abdeen, Horsh Abdeen, Horsh al-Qassabiyyeh, Tremla and its outskirts, Karsaa, Maarrat Al-Sain, Hish, Marayan, Ihsim, Maarrat al-Nu’man and most of its outskirts, Rowayha, Al-Dana, Jaradah, Mantaf, Ariha, Maarbalit, Shalkh, Ram Hamdan, Kafar Yahmoule, Maarrat Misrin, Haranbush, the village of Sheikh Bahr, Al-Fiqia, Wadi Al-Deif Camp, Hazanu, Batabu and Killi, and Ahrar Al-Sham also strengthened its control in the villages of Sahl al-Ghab, and advanced in other areas in Jabal al-Zawiyah and Jabal Shashabo.

The fighting escalated in Idlib countryside, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham was forces to withdraw from several areas without fighting, due to the lack of its members, or its successive withdrawal to areas where its military power is larger, while in the western countryside of Aleppo, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham managed to advance at the expense of the other party and take the control of Basratun, Uwayjil and Taqad, amid its advancement in Kafr Naha area, while the combat operations are concentrated in Anjara and other areas in the western countryside of Aleppo, and the fighting resulted in the fall of tens of captives from the ranks of the both of parties, while 13 fighters at least including 8 fighters at least of Tahrir Al-Sham were killed, as well as the death of 3 citizens including a woman as a result of shelling and shooting in several areas in Aleppo and Idlib countryside.

The continuation of clash in this violent pace comes in conjunction with vicious attack by the regime forces and allies, and has caused resentment among the people in the western countryside of Aleppo and the countryside Idlib of this war, which depends on the abolition, and aims to it through the escalation of attacks by the factions, amid the absence of interference by mediators to resolve the dispute, unlike the previous times in the north of Syria which witnessed fights between the rebel factions operating in the area, also sources from the area confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that this war raged between the opposition Syrian parties; after regime forces led by the Brigadier General in the regime forces Suhail Hassan was headed with the loyal gunmen to Rif Dimashq, in order to carry out a large operation against the factions operating in the Eastern Ghouta, which is witnessing a preliminary bombing and shelling for the 6th day in a row, which caused the death and injury of about 2800 civilians, and after the end of the existence of the “Islamic State” organization in central of Syria, after the surrender of hundreds of ISIS members and their families to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and factions, and after the factions that used to clash against the regime in the countryside of Idlib headed to the clash fronts south of Afrin, and after the entry of the Turkish columns and establishing points near Idlib, after all that; the arena was emptied for a war and bloody clashes, in which each party seeks to achieve an advancement at the expense of the other, amid shelling, killing and capturing between both parties.