Assassination | Unknown gunmen shoot dead two members of Ahrar Al-Sham movement in western Aleppo
Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the death of two members of “Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement”, after being shot by unknown gunmen in Darat Izza city in the western countryside of Aleppo, in areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and opposition factions. It is worth noting that the targeted members were from Harasta city in eastern Ghouta.
Yesterday, SOHR sources reported that the body of a young man was found with gunshot wounds and burned and dumped on the road between Al-Dana and Tarmanen in the northern countryside of Idlib. It was found out that the body belonged to a medic and former member of Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement from Darat Izza city in the western countryside of Aleppo. This incident came in light of the escalating security chaos in areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and opposition factions in north-west Syria region.
On March 26, SOHR activists documented the death of an HTS member after being shot by unidentified gunmen on the road to Salwa village near the Syria border with the Iskenderun region in north Idlib countryside.
On Thursday, Observatory activists documented the death of two HTS members in the western countryside of Aleppo, after being shot by unidentified gunmen on the road between Kafr Karmin and Kafr Nasih towns, west of Aleppo. This development came in light of the ongoing security chaos in areas controlled by the HTS and opposition factions.
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 758. 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
- 228 civilians, including 24 children and 23 women
- 446 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
- 80 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities.
Meanwhile, the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.