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High ranking jihadist commander assassinated by rival group in northwest Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] A high ranking jihadist commander was recently assassinated in the northwestern region of Syria after a rival group opened fire on a checkpoint.According to opposition activists via social media, the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham  field commander Adel Abu Ibrahim was assassinated by a group of fighters from the jihadist group Tanzim Hurras al-Deen on Saturday.The opposition activists claimed that Abu Ibrahim was killed when the Tanzim Hurras al-Deen fighters opened fire on Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s Tal Hadiya checkpoint in southern Aleppo. Recently, the two jihadist groups have traded hostilities in northwestern Syria, prompting many residents of Idlib and Aleppo to fear a new war breaking out. Posted by: Fred 2019-02-11 |
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