Failed attack | Five HTS members killed and three others captured in attempt to capture key village in Afrin countryside

Aleppo province: Reliable sources have informed SOHR that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Al-Amshat faction managed to capture more strategic positions in “Olive Branch” area, including the villages of Sennarah, Anqalah and Marwaniyah in Sheikh Hadeed district in Afrin countryside.

 

Meanwhile, Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham opened heavy machinegun fire on Kafr Jannah village in Sharan district in Afrin countryside, in an attempt to capture the strategic village which will paves the way for HTS, in the case that the group manage to capture it, to impose its control on the main road to Sharan district.

 

Despite the violent attack, during which five members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham were killed and three others were captured by Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah, HTS has failed so far to impose its control over Kafr Jannah village.

 

In “Euphrates Shield” area, however, a displaced young man from eastern Ghouta died of the wounds he had sustained in indiscriminate gunfire during the violent clashes between Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah on one hand, and Al-Hamza Division and Ahrar Al-Sham Movement in Susyan village in the eastern countryside of Al-Bab in eastern Aleppo.

 

Accordingly, the number of people who have been killed in clashes, indiscriminate gunfire and shrapnel of shells have risen to 24 fighters and civilians, and they are as follows:

 

-A member of Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement was killed in clashes with Jaysh Al-Islam in the northern countryside of Al-Bab.

 

-Two members of the military police were killed in clashes between “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” and Al-Hamza Division on Qabasin road in Al-Bab countryside, north of Aleppo on Thursday.

 

-Four members of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” faction:

 

• Two militiamen were killed in Kawkabah and on Jendires road in Afrin countryside on Tuesday.

 

• Two militiamen were killed in Qarzihil village in Afrin countryside, north-west of Aleppo, on Wednesday.

 

-A fighter of Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah was killed, on Wednesday, in clashes with “Al-Amshat” Division and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in Jendires district in Afrin countryside.

 

-A fighter of Jaysh Al-Islam was killed, on Wednesday, in clashes with “Al-Amshat” Division and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in Maabatli district in Afrin countryside.

 

-Nine militiamen of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham were killed in clashes with “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” in Qarzihil and Kafr Jannah villages in Afrin countryside on Wednesday and Thursday.

 

-Six civilians:

 

• A man was killed in Al-Bab city on Tuesday.

 

• A woman was killed in Burj Abdalu in rural Afrin on Wednesday.

 

• A woman was killed in Ain Dara in Afrin countryside on Wednesday.

 

• A woman was killed in Qarzahil village.

 

• A woman was killed in Al-Bab city on Thursday.

 

• A young man was killed in Susyan town in Al-Bab countryside in eastern Aleppo on Thursday.

 

The death toll is expected to rise further as the clashes left several persons injured, some seriously, amid unconfirmed reports of more casualties.

 

According to the latest developments, the recent change in the map of power balances in Aleppo countryside can be summarised as follows:

 

• “Ahrar Al-Sham” and Al-Hamza Division have captured Duwayr Al-Hawa and Ikhtareen villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

 

• “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” has captured all headquarters of Al-Hamza Division in Al-Bab city and Lilwah and Al-Ghandoura villages in northern Aleppo.

 

• “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” has captured Dabiq village in Ikhtareen countryside in northern Aleppo.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, Al-Hamza Division and Al-Amshat have captured all positions of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” and Jaysh Al-Islam in Afrin city, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” and Jaysh Al-Islam.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Suleiman Shah Division have captured the centre of Ma’batli district and the villages of Shakatka, Arandah, Mirkan, Raja, Tarmousha and Mastaka in Ma’batli countryside, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” and Jaysh Al-Islam.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Suleiman Shah Division have captured all positions of Jaysh Al-Islam in the centre of Jendires district in Afrin countryside, after the withdrawal of Jaysh Al-Islam.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Al-Hamza Division have captured the villages of Deir Ballot, Aghjalah, Kafr Zait, Tallaf, Kawkabah, Bablit, Tel Hamu and Ferayriyah in Jendires countryside, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah.”

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, “Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement” and Al-Hamza Division have captured the village of Qarzahil, Ain Dara and Tarandah in Shirawa district in Afrin countryside, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” and Jaysh Al-Islam.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham has captured Maarsakah village in Sharan district in Afrin countryside, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah.”

 

• “Ahrar Al-Sham” and Al-Hamza Division have captured positions and posts of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” in Ghanamah, Tarkhim, Zoughrah and Al-Hamran crossing in Jarabulus countryside in eastern Aleppo, after the withdrawal of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah.”

 

• “Ahrar Al-Sham” and Al-Hamza Division have captured the headquarters of “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” in Tel Battal in Al-Bab countryside, east of Aleppo.

 

• Al-Hamza Division has captured Al-Barouzah and Thalthanah villages in northern Aleppo.

 

• Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and Al-Amshat faction have captured the villages of Sennarah, Anqalah and Marwaniyah in Sheikh Hadeed district in Afrin countryside.