As part of the tension with Hurras al-Dien Organization… “Tahrir al-Sham” alert its members and deploys checkpoints in western countryside of Idlib

Towns of the western countryside of Idlib are witnessing a security alert among members of the “Tahrir al-Sham” at the checkpoints and intersections in Idlib countryside, following the recent tension between members of Hurras al-Dien Organization and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the spread of checkpoints on the international highway of Aleppo – Latakia and the roads leading to Jabal al-Zawiyah in Idlib countryside, also checkpoints were seen in the border areas of Darkush, Zarzour, and Khirbet al-Jawz in the western countryside of Idlib, and the sources told the Syrian Observatory that the identity of the pedestrians is being checked searching for members of Hurras al-Dien Organization.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today a new state of tension in Idlib province between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against the jihadi organization of Hurras al-Din, where members of Hurras al-Din have kidnapped the “Emir of Muhambal area” affiliated to HTS in the town, and took him to unknown destination.

This action comes after HTS had arrested fighters of Hurras al-Din at the checkpoint of Batabu north of Idlib city on Wednesday, and according to the sources of SOHR; a group of HTS stormed today afternoon, Friday, a headquarters affiliated to Hurras al-Din organization in Muhambal town with no clashes between both parties, amid tension prevailing the area and popular fear of the fighting to be renewed between both parties.

SOHR monitored on September 29, that one of the security checkpoints of “Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham” arrested 3 members of the jihadi organization of Hurras al-Din, which resulted in the outbreak of cold war between the 2 factions after a statement issued by a commander in Hurras al-Din organization -of which the Syrian Observatory received a copy- it says “after the agreement struck between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Hurras al-Din organization, which gladdened many of the truthful, and after which the two groups devoted themselves to arrange their ranks to repel the enemy, we are today shocked to watch it (Tahrir Al-Sham) seeking to break the terms of the agreement at the time when the enemy has been massing its forces to storm what remained of the liberated land, where Sheikh Mazhar Al-Ways comes to break the term of adjudication between the two groups, approved within the agreement according to what the military judge of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham told us, and we hold every one seeks for escalation between the both parties responsible for the consequences of this escalation at this hard time in which the wise have to cooperated to repel the enemy”.