Idlib | Unknown assailants attack headquarters of Al-Sham Corps, leaving one dead
Syrian Observatory activists have documented the killing of a fighter of Al-Sham Corps, which is close to Turkey, as the faction’s headquarters came under attack by unknown gunmen. The attack took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in Kelli town on the road Bab Al-Hawa crossing on Iskenderun border, north of Idlib city.
As more fatalities were documented, the number of people who have been killed in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia since the 26th of April 2018, the start date of the security chaos to be escalated in these provinces, rose to 651. They were assassinated by bomb attacks, IED detonations, gunfire, abductions and then killing and throwing the bodies in remote areas. The fatalities were distributed as follows:
- A fighter in Turkistan Islamic Party
- The wife of an Uzbek commander and another child was with her
- The attorney-general of the Ministry of Justice of the Salvation Government
- 186 civilians, including 23 children and 18 women
- 392 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
- 70 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities.
- Meanwhile, the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.