H-T-S supports Ahrar Al-Sham Movement to take control of Al-Hamran crossing, threatening faction authorised by the “Interim Government”

Aleppo province: SOHR sources have reported a state of tension between Sultan Murad Division and Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement in the area of Al-Hamaran crossing in Jarabulus countryside in north-eastern Aleppo. This follows disagreements over the priority of dominating Al-Hamaran crossing which links areas controlled by the “National Army” and military formations operating under the banner of SDF in Manbij countryside in eastern Aleppo.

 

According to SOHR sources, Sultan Murad faction asked Ahrar Al-Sham Movement to hand over Al-Hamaran crossing, under an authorisation by the Defence Ministry of the “Interim Government,” while Ahrar Al-Sham refused to hand over the crossing and share revenue with the Defence Ministry of the “Interim Government.” Accordingly, Sultan Murad Division has amassed its troops.

 

In this context, Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham threatened to attack headquarters and camps of Sultan Murad Division in Afrin city in the northern countryside of Aleppo, in the case that Sultan Murad Division launched an attack on Al-Hamran crossing and imposed its control on the crossing by force.