Ahrar al-Sham and Nour al-Din al-Zenki unite in “Hayyaat Tahrir Syria” and tensions continue between the latter and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham

With the continuation of military tensions between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement in the contact areas between them in the western countryside of Aleppo, against the backdrop of the assassination of a commander of the global organization of “al-Qaida” , who served as a commander in Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham; Abu Ayman al-Masri, by shooting at his car while he was passing a checkpoint of Nour al-Din al-Zenki in al-Houta area near Anjarh town in the western countryside of Aleppo a few days ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored both Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement and the Islamic Movement of Ahrar Al-Sham unite under the name of “Hayyaat Tahrir Syria” (which means the Body of Liberating Syria), and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that this union aims to block any military action by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, after the tensions and alerts in areas of Tahrir al-Sham and the contact areas with Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday, Saturday, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored tension in the western countryside of Aleppo, between two of the largest factions operating in the area, as a result of opening fire by a patrol of Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, on a vehicle as it did not stop at the checkpoint after the midnight of Thursday – Friday, it was revealed then that an Arab commander of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham was in the vehicle with his wife, where the commander was “the education official in the Department of Displaced Affairs” and held several military positions including the supervision of training those who joined the ranks of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, while his wife is still in a serious condition, and the sources asserted to the Syrian Observatory that the commander is Abu Ayman Al-Masri and he is Egyptian, and one of the commanders of the global Al-Qaeda.

It is noteworthy that several battalions and brigades operating in the western countryside of Aleppo and the northern countryside of Idlib adjacent to the western countryside of Aleppo; have announced about a month ago, their integration with Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, the largest force in the western countryside of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the integration of Thowwar al-Sham Battalions, Bayareq al-Islam Brigade, Ansar al-Din Battalion, Abu al-Hasan battalion and al-Sheikh Othman Battalion, have merged with Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement through statements by the aforementioned factions, and the this area in Idlib and Aleppo countryside witnessed violent fighting previously between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, which left tens of casualties in the ranks of the both parties.