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Two largest jihadist factions slaughter one another in Idlib after truce falls apart
 [AlMasdar] 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 (HTS/Al-Qaeda) are once again at each other’s throats after a ceasefire between the previously allied factions proved short-lived. Some 48 hours after signing a truce covering all of Idlib province, the Ahrar al-Sham leadership accused HTS of failing to comply to the agreement. This disagreement soon resulted in festivities between the two jihadist factions in several rural areas on Tuesday. Thus, HTS hard boyz stormed the main Ahrar al-Sham checkpoint near Hazareen after which al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise branch captured the town itself and tossed in the clink Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! a number of Ahrar al-Sham fighters. On the other hand, Ahrar al-Sham overwhelmed HTS checkpoints in the town of Ableen, resulting in the death of at least one al-Qaeda fighter with about a dozen more captured. With the provincial ceasefire shattered, HTS prepared of convoy of some 250 Lions of Islam and sent the vehicles towards the Jabal al-Zawiyah area in the southern Idlib countryside which is known to be largely under Ahrar al-Sham control. A major confrontation is effectively brewing. Consequently, all preparations for large-scale offensives against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) have been postponed due to rivalry and tensions between HTS, Ahrar al-Sham, Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) groups and ISIS sleeper cells. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-19 |
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