After the end of its existence in Aleppo, Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its withdrawal from the countryside of Idlib within the abolition war which has reduced its presence and size in the Syrian north
The withdrawal operations of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues, also the advancement operations of the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham, Soqur Sham and their supporting groups continues in the countryside of Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the latter controlling Tal Ass Rakaya, al-Rakaya, Sehyan, Babulin and Hish in the southern countryside of Idlib, also Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham withdrew from Taftanaz Airbase, Tal al-Rakama near al-Dana, Hirsh Kafruma, Kafr Luseen border crossing with Turkey, and Sarmada town in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham has evacuated its headquarters, and information about the release of prisoners who were held by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, also Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham withdrew from the surroundings Khan Shaykhun city, which is free of the Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham now, where Jaysh Al-Izza set up checkpoints at the outskirts of the city, while clashes are taking place between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Ahrar Sham movement in Sheik Mustafa area, while SOHR received information about the withdrawal of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham from another areas, this withdrawal comes after the successive withdrawals of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham since the 20th of this month from 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, where 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 bigger.
The SOHR published today that it monitored the withdrawal of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham with its fighters and supplies from the western section of Aleppo province, with the entry of the fighting between the major factions of the Syrian North its 8th consecutive day, and in the details obtained and monitored by the Syrian Observatory; Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham withdrew suddenly from all of its controlled areas in the western section of Aleppo province, and headed to Idlib, where they withdrew from the Regiment 46, the first and second countryside of Al-Mohandessin, Tadil, Sheikh Ali, Kafr Halab, Kafr Nasih, Kafr Karmin, Al-Tawameh, Al-Sahara, Kafrnaha, Khan Al-Asal, Al-Muhamiyyin countryside, after they withdrew yesterday from Darat Izza, Taqad, Batabu, Qalaat Sam’an, Jabal Sheikh Barakat, Kafr Nasih, Basratun, Uwayjil and other areas in the western countryside of Aleppo, thus, the presence of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham was completely end in the western countryside of Aleppo, and almost completely in Aleppo province, where the presence of Tahrir Al-Sham is confined to local fighters in the southern countryside of Aleppo of the people of the area, located in areas in the southern countryside of the province.
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 2700 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.
The violent fighting which started on the 20th of February 2018, accompanied by shelling by tanks and mortar shells, and which also targeted residential neighborhoods in the towns and villages which are witnessing clashes between the conflicting factions, raged massive resentment in the area, amid civil calls to stop the fighting and open fronts against the regime forces instead of this fighting which citizens described as free services for their enemies, in addition to calls to stop the random shelling between the conflicting parties, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented since the start of fighting on the 20th of February 2018, the death of 15 citizens including 6 children and 4 women, as a result of shelling and random shootings in the countryside of both Aleppo and Idlib, and the SOHR also documented the death of 156 fighters at least of the conflicting parties in Idlib and Aleppo, where 94 members at least of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham were killed during the shelling and clashes against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement in the western countryside of Aleppo, and against Ahrar Al-Sham and Soqur Al-Sham in Idlib countryside, and 62 fighters of Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement ,Ahrar Al-Sham and Soqur Al-Sham, who were killed during the shelling and clashes in the area, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of a large number of injuries, some of them have seriously wounded, in addition to information about other casualties the SOHR is not able to document so far.