Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham advance again at the expense of Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib and control new areas

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham regaining control of Kafr Nubl town and Hass village in the countryside of Idlib, after being controlled by the Islamic Movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham for hours, this comes within the continued clashes between both parties on the second day, where Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham continue attacking areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in order to take control of them, the Syrian Observatory also monitored advancement by Ahrar al-Sham in its fight against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and being able to control the villages of Karsaa and Al-Fiqia’ in the southern countryside of Idlib, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham regained control of Orem al-Joz village, after losing it to the Ahrar al-Sham and Soqur al-Sham on Wednesday, and the clashes today caused more casualties between both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the fighting renewed in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham on one hand, and Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham on the other, where the violent clashes are concentrated in the western countryside of Aleppo between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, in the vicinity of Khan Al-Asal, and other places in the area, accompanied by exchange of targeting and shelling between the both parties, amid the fall of a shell on the residential neighborhoods in Darat Izza town, while the clashes are concentrated in Idlib province between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic movement and Suqour Al-Sham, in the areas of Karsaa, Faqie’a, Horsh Kafr Nubl and Kharbat Hass, in an attempt by the latter to achieve new advancement at the expense of Tahrir Al-Sham, amid advancement by Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham in the areas of Karsaa and Hass, and information about imposing their control over the both areas, and the SOHR learned from a number of reliable sources, that fighting raged the resentment of the residents of Idlib and Aleppo countryside, amid resentment about the fighting of the factions each others in the light of the fierce attack of the regime forces and their allies on the Eastern Ghouta in Rif Dimashq.

It is noteworthy that Ahrar Al-Sham and Suqour Al-Sham took the control of several areas at the expense of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham which are the cities of Ariha and Marat Al-Noman, the towns of al-Naqir, Mastouma, Urem al-Joz, Wadi al-Deif Camp, Abdeen area, Hersh al-Hbit and the areas of Tremla, Qassabiyyeh and several villages in Jabal Al-Zawiyah and Jabal Shashabo, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that cautious calm has been prevailing the western section of Aleppo countryside, and the clash areas in Idlib province, since last night until today morning, where violent clashes took place yesterday in Idlib province between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic movement and Suqour Al-Sham, through which the latter managed to achieve advancement at the expense of the former, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published last night that it monitored the continuation of clashes between Hayyaat Tahrir Syria against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, in areas in the western countryside of Aleppo, where Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham were able to control towns of Batbu and Kafr Naseh, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham starts mobilizing in the vicinity of Darat Azza, Khan al-Asal and Tadil, in preparation for more violent clashes against Nour al-Dien al-Zenki Movement, and the clashes between both parties have caused the death of a man from Taqad town by a gunshot during the clashes between both parties, and in Idlib province; the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of clashes between Soqur al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham and other groups against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, where the first party advanced and controlled al-Naqir, Mastouma, Urem al-Joz, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Wadi al-Deif, Abdeen area, Hersh al-Hbit and the areas of Tremla, Qassabiyyeh and several villages in Jabal Al-Zawiyah and Jabal Shashabo, while the casualties in the ranks of both parties have risen to at least 9 fighters, at least 6 of them are from Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published last 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 Nur 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 Nur 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.