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Jihadists make peace in Idlib, turn their attention to ISIS and Syrian Army
Blast hits rebel-held Idlib, scores injured[AlMasdar] A huge kaboom rocked the center of the jihadist heartland of Idlib as the city was on high security alert for search for ISIS sleeper cells. Local activists reported that an IED planted into a car went off near the city’s main hospital. The kaboom maimed 5 people ‐ including 2 children ‐ and caused a substantial material damage to the hospital and adjacent buildings. No one has yet grabbed credit for the attack. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, al-Qaeda-affiliate jihadi group which controls most of Idlib, launched a wide-scale campaign to crackdown on Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... sleeper cells across the city. Jihadists make peace in Idlib, promise offensive against Syrian Army [AlMasdar] Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham have made a truce in the Idlib Governorate following a turbulent two weeks that involved heavy clashes between these large jihadist factions. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s Shari’ah Spokesmen, ‘Abdullah Al-Muhaysni, announced via his social media page that he welcomes the truce between the two factions after weeks of fighting. The radical Saudi cleric then promised a new offensive against the government forces that would involve both jihadist factions; however, he did not specify where this said offensive was going to be. Both Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham have a rather large front with the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah in southern Aleppo, so it is expected that this area will be the target for their offensive operations. Huge convoy of foreign jihadists enter Jisr Shughour [AlMasdar] A large convoy of foreign jihadists entered the city of Jisr Shughour in the Idlib Governorate, Saturday, local opposition media reported. The foreign jihadists were members of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), which is one of the largest factions loyal to the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham group. Jisr Shughour was already under the control of the Turkestan Workers Party, despite some Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham checkpoints in and around the city. However, some opposition activists have reported that Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham retreated from those checkpoints after the large convoy entered Jisr Shughour. The reason for the reinforcements is still unknown; however, some activists stated via social media that TIP is taking precautions after the recent infighting between HTS and Ahrar Al-Sham. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-17 |
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