War of abolition escalates between the major factions of the Syrian north and claims the lives of 9 citizens in the western countryside Aleppo and Idlib countryside
The war of abolition is escalating in the western countryside of Aleppo and in the countryside of Idlib, between the major factions operating in the north of Syria, where each party is trying to expand its operation and advance at the expense of each other, where areas in the western countryside of Aleppo are witnessing clashes between the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, where each party is trying to advance at the expense of each other to expand its control in the western countryside of Aleppo, while the clashes are expanding in the countryside of Idlib, in which the loser starts violent attacks trying to recover what it lost, and the pace of the violent clashes is escalating more between the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, accompanied by violent exchange of shelling which caused more human losses, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored since the afternoon of today, Saturday, the 24th of February 2018, that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham carried out a counteroffensive seeking to regain control of Ma’arrat Mesrin town in the northern countryside of Idlib, after losing it in the last 24 hours in an attack by Ahrar al-Sham, and the town witnessed the fall of shells on its areas which killed 4 citizens including a man and his son, and also injured others, raising to 9 at least including 2 children, the number of people who were killed in the continuous clashes for the 5th consecutive day, while others were injured in the exchange of targeting in the clash areas.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today that the clashes of the abolition war, completed their 4th day, and entered the 5th consecutive day, since they started on the 20th of February 2018, as al-Zenki, Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham aim to reduce Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham’s scope of control, through attacking the large spaces controlled by the latter in Idlib province, and in the western countryside of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham managed to advance and the have controlled since the abolition war started, Al-Hbit, Al-Hbit checkpoint, Abdeen, Horsh Abdeen, Horsh al-Qassabiyyeh, Tremla and its outskirts, Karsaa, Maarrat Al-Sain, Hish, Marayan, Ihsim, Maarrat al-Nu’man and most of its outskirts, Rowayha, Al-Dana, Jaradah, Mantaf, Ariha, Maarbalit, Shalkh, Ram Hamdan, Kafar Yahmoule, Maarrat Misrin, Haranbush, the village of Sheikh Bahr, Al-Fiqia, Wadi Al-Deif Camp, Hazanu, Batabu and Killi, and Ahrar Al-Sham also strengthened its control in the villages of Sahl al-Ghab, and advanced in other areas in Jabal al-Zawiyah and Jabal Shashabo.
The fighting escalated in Idlib countryside, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham was forces to withdraw from several areas without fighting, due to the lack of its members, or its successive withdrawal to areas where its military power is larger, while in the western countryside of Aleppo, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham managed to advance at the expense of the other party and take the control of Basratun, Uwayjil and Taqad, amid its advancement in Kafr Naha area, while the combat operations are concentrated in Anjara and other areas in the western countryside of Aleppo, and the fighting resulted in the fall of tens of captives from the ranks of the both of parties, while 13 fighters at least including 8 fighters at least of Tahrir Al-Sham were killed, as well as the death of 3 citizens including a woman as a result of shelling and shooting in several areas in Aleppo and Idlib countryside.
The continuation of clash in this violent pace comes in conjunction with vicious attack by the regime forces and allies, and has caused resentment among the people in the western countryside of Aleppo and the countryside Idlib of this war, which depends on the abolition, and aims to it through the escalation of attacks by the factions, amid the absence of interference by mediators to resolve the dispute, unlike the previous times in the north of Syria which witnessed fights between the rebel factions operating in the area, also sources from the area confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that this war raged between the opposition Syrian parties; after regime forces led by the Brigadier General in the regime forces Suhail Hassan was headed with the loyal gunmen to Rif Dimashq, in order to carry out a large operation against the factions operating in the Eastern Ghouta, which is witnessing a preliminary bombing and shelling for the 6th day in a row, which caused the death and injury of about 2800 civilians, and after the end of the existence of the “Islamic State” organization in central of Syria, after the surrender of hundreds of ISIS members and their families to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and factions, and after the factions that used to clash against the regime in the countryside of Idlib headed to the clash fronts south of Afrin, and after the entry of the Turkish columns and establishing points near Idlib, after all that; the arena was emptied for a war and bloody clashes, in which each party seeks to achieve an advancement at the expense of the other, amid shelling, killing and capturing between both parties.
Video by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows the sounds of clashes in the war of abolition between the Islamic Movement of Ahrar Al-Sham against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in the Ma’arrat Mesrin area in the northern countryside of Idlib