The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Tahrir al-Sham and security forces raid a house in Darkush and violent clashes takes place against people accused of belonging to ISIS in Jisr al-Shughur countryside

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: amid increased security chaos in areas of control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and other factions in Idlib Province and the countryside around it, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent clashes in Darkoush city in the western countryside of Idlib, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: raids were carried out by the security force of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against houses in Darkush town in the northwestern countryside of Idlib, where clashes took place against gunmen believed to be sleeper cells of the “Islamic State” Organization, in which grenades were used which led to the killing of 2 members of the Organization’s sleeper cells and the arrest of others, in addition to burning several houses due to the violent clashes that took place between both parties, also  IEDs and explosives were found during the raid.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was published on the 26th of February 2019 that the security chaos continues in Idlib Province and its surroundings, as the sleeper and active cells continue to operate in the area and kill more people, where the Syrian Observatory monitored unknown gunmen shooting a person in Sarmin town in the eastern sector of Idlib countryside, which killed him and injured 2 others, raising to 492, the number of people who were killed in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama, since the 26th of April 2018, the date of starting the security chaos to be escalated in the province, they are 2 persons whose identity is unknown where they were killed in a bombing in Idlib city, and the wife of an Uzbek commander and his son, in addition to 142 civilians including 20 children and 12 women, of who were assassinated through bomb explosions, IED detonations, shooting, abduction, murder and then throwing the bodies in remote areas, and 299 fighters of Syrian nationality belong to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions operating in Idlib, and 49 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities have been assassinated in the same ways, also the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a child affected by injury he had in 2 consecutive explosions in Idlib city on the 18th of February 2019, raising the death toll to 25 due to these 2 explosions, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 24th of February 2019 that  a violent explosion was heard in Idlib city, it is believed to be caused by the explosion of a booby-trapped motorcycle in al-Sa’aa Square in the middle of the city, which caused serious injuries and preliminary information about the death of a person, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 23rd of February 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new incident of the continued security chaos within the controlled areas of the factions in Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, where unidentified gunmen assassinated a member of the faction “Jaysh Al-Ahrar” by shooting him in the southern sector of Idlib countryside.

And the Syrian Observatory published on the 18th of February 2019, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been continuing to monitor the consequences and developments of the explosions that pounded Idlib city center in the north of Syria today, Monday the 18th of February 2019, where the death toll of fighters who were killed in these explosion has increased to 6 fighters including a Tunisian commander, it turned out that 3 women out of 16 citizens were also killed in the same explosions, while the total civilian death toll included 4 children who were also killed in the 2 explosions which pounded Idlib at noon of today, Monday, while there are 2 bodies whose identity is not known so far, and the death toll of the explosions which took place today and which resulted in the death of 24 persons, rose the total death toll of the security chaos since the 26th of April 2018.