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Jihadist forces battle over west Aleppo towns
[ALMASDARNEWS] For the second day in a row, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya clashed inside the western countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.Jabhat Tahrir Souriya (Syrian Liberation Front) was created three or four days ago by the merger of Ahrar al-Sham and Nour al-Din al-Zenki. According to pro-opposition activists, the rebel alliance between 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 Harakat Nouriddeen al-Zink, dubbed Jabhat Tahrir Souriya, launched an attack on Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s positions in Kafr Naha. This attack resulted in a series of fierce festivities between the jihadist forces, but no change in the ground situation. The two jihadist forces also clashed near the town of Dart ’Izza, with Jabhat Tahrir Souriya also leading this attack against Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. Posted by: Fred 2018-02-23 |
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