In a continuation of imposing its influence, Tahrir al-Sham withdraws from Maarrat al-Nu’man after a pledge to hand over the military headquarters and controlling checkpoints in the vicinity of the city

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Right learned that the security force of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham withdrew from Maarrat al-Nu’man city after midnight of yesterday, after the raid they carried out yesterday evening, during which they took control of headquarters in the city, where the withdrawal process came after reaching an agreement with elders and dignitaries in the city, which led to handing over all the military headquarters in Maarrat al-Nu’man city to the “Shura Council and Revolutionary parties”, provided that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “Islamic police” control the checkpoints at the highway of Maarrat al-Nu’man, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the city of Maarrat Al-Nu’man in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, is witnessing a state of tension, against the backdrop of a force of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham storming the city and imposing its control over headquarters in it, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; a force of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham stormed Maarrat Al-Nu’man today evening, Monday the 28th of January 2019, and imposed its control over a headquarters of Al-Sham Corps in the city (that was the museum previously), that force also took the control of another headquarters of Suqour Al-Sham (that was previously a bank in the city), while a meeting is being conducted now between dignitaries and notables in the city and between representatives of Tahrir Al-Sham to break up the disputes and reach an agreement, where Tahrir Al-Sham tends to bring the city and its institutions under the control of the Rescue Government, while the faction Suqour Al-Sham closed today, Monday, a “Dawah” office established by Tahrir Al-Sham in Maarrat Al-Nu’man, under the pretext of the non-coordination with the faction, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Sunday, that after the control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “jihadi” factions on the areas that used to be controlled by rebel and Islamic factions in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, and Hama, outside of control of the pro-Turkish factions of “Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” Operations, where Tahrir al-Sham imposed the influence the National Rescue Government over about 9000 square kilometers, which is about 4.8% of the area of Syria. And while Turkey and Russia sought to show their agreement as successful agreements, which are Russian – Turkish truce that has been in force since the 15th of August 2018, and the Putin – Erdogan agreement for the demilitarized area reached on the 17th of September 2018, the “jihadi” refused to withdraw from the buffer area extending from the northeastern mountains of Latakia, through the countryside of Hama and Idlib, until the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city, they also partially withdraw the weapons and kept the remaining heavy weapon buried in trenches that were dug for them.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that the forces controlling areas of control of the pro-Turkish Operation of “Olive Branch” and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham which controls about 9000 square kilometers; have establish a crossing between their areas of control, while reliable sources confirmed that what makes this crossing special is the exit and entry process, where the sources confirmed that anyone who comes out of areas of one of both parties is prevented from returning to the areas from which they came out, and the Syrian Observatory monitored traffic from each area towards the other, but the reasons for this decision by both parties has not been known, amid resentment among people of both areas, especially those who are forced to move for treatment, commercial, or other daily work practiced by people in both areas, where residents stressed that this decision besieges those who are in Idlib Province and its surroundings within areas of control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, at a time when people are afraid of the resumption of preparations for a military operation in Idlib by the regime, the Russians, and their allies, to control the greatest possible area and to regain control over it.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 25th of January 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring continuation of mobilization by the 5th Corps -which was established by Russia-, as well as the pro-government militias in the northwestern, northern, and western countryside of Hama, these mobilizations come as signs of a joint military operation to be launched from the countryside of Hama, about one week after the Russia-established 5th Corps arrested about 15 members of the National Defense Forces in Hama countryside, where the arrest were accompanied by shooting, and the information that spoke back them about clashes between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them against the Russian-established 5th Corps were completely false, back then the false news talked about tens of casualties in the ranks of both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 18th of January 2019 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces continue to bring military reinforcements on a daily basis to locations and points in the middle of Syria and north of it, the last of which was during the last hours of the night, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the regime forces brought military column consists of more than 35 vehicles, most of them are of the 5th Legion which is supported and armed forces of Russia and the 9th Division, and it includes vehicles weapons, ammunition, soldiers and other military and logistic equipment, they arrived in their positions at al-Jerniyyeh, Jalmeh,   and Tal Meleh which is known as the “Western Tar” between the towns of Muhradah and al-Suqaylabiyah in the countryside of Hama, and at the same time a new column arrived for the Brigadier Suhail al-Hassan, aka the “tiger,” to Joureen area in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama after the “Tiger” visited it yesterday, Thursday, and these reinforcements came in the context of the continued mobilization on daily basis at late hours of the night by the Syrian Forces and militiamen loyal to them in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Thursday, that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the senior Brigadier in the regime forces, Suhail al-Hassan, known as the “Tiger”, who led most of regime’s battles of control; and who is close to the Russian leadership and heads a force known as Tiger Forces which are supported and armed by Russia, he roamed in places at the western and northwestern parts of Hama countryside, on the contact lines with areas of presence of the factions operating in the area, where his visit came after successive sending of regiments by the regime forces and their allies to the clash fronts and contact lines with the factions’-controlled areas in Idlib and Hama, after Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham controlled about 9000 km² of the Syrian area in the provinces of Idlib, Hama, Latakia, and Aleppo, after bloody clashes against the National Liberation Front factions, of which hundreds of its members withdrew towards Afrin area after an agreement with Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham.

The Syrian Observatory published yesterday that regime forces continue to send military reinforcements to their places of presence in the provinces of Hama and Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the arrival of military reinforcements of tens of armored vehicles and military trucks with tens of members; to the northwestern countryside of Hama, coming from the regime forces’-controlled areas in the same countryside of Hama, after the Syrian Observatory monitored on the 13th of January that the regime forces have sent a new batch of military reinforcements to the areas where they are present in the vicinity of Hama, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the regime forces have sent tens of vehicles carrying tens of members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, to Soran area and other areas in the northern countryside of Hama, as a part of the reinforcements that are being sent to the area to fortify and strengthen their positions and enhance their presence, after the Syrian Observatory published on the 10th of January 2019, that the regime forces have sent tens of vehicles carrying armored vehicles and military and logistic equipment, to the countryside of Hama province, adjacent the controlled areas of the Islamic and rebel factions operating in the area, amid prospects of preparations for a military operation by the regime forces and their allies against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the factions operating in the area, after Hayyaat tahrir Al-Sham imposed its control over more than 80% of the territory controlled by the Islamic and rebel factions which reaches about 8937 km2 (4.8% of Syria’s area), and also after Tahrir Al-Sham imposed the Rescue Government’s influence over the entire area mentioned above “the 8937 km2”, after reaching consensuses included the withdrawal of hundreds of fighters towards Afrin and to add the area to the control of the Rescue Government in the administrative and service aspects.