Factional feuds | Dispute over priority to smuggle goods to regime-held areas evolves to clashes among National Army factions in east Aleppo

Aleppo province: SOHR activists have reported sporadic clashes between al-Jabha al-Shamiyah and Ahrar al-Sham factions.

 

The clashes erupted following disputes over the priority of each faction smuggle food and vehicles to regime-held areas in al-Ujaimy and al-Buwaihaj villages in al-Bab countryside, east of Aleppo.

 

According to SOHR sources, altercations occurred between members of a military group of Ahrar al-Sham, led by “Abu Udai” and anohter group of al-Jabha al-Shamiyah, after al-Jabha al-Shamiyah’s group had scouted the roads leading to regime-held areas without coordination with Ahrar al-Sham. Ahrar al-Sham saw this action as an assault by al-Jabha al-Shamiyah on the areas under their control.

 

Accordingly, Ahrar al-Sham arrested members of al-Jabha al-Shamiyah, while verbal altercation ignited between the two sides, which evolved to clashes. Meanwhile, the two sides brought in large military reinforcement to al-Bab city in east of Aleppo.