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HTS leader wounded in Syria's Aleppo countryside
[NPASYRIA] On Saturday, unknown assailants targeted a figurehead close to the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front), Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, west of Aleppo, northern Syria. Private sources told North Press that an bomb planted by unidentified persons went kaboom!in the car of the commander close to the leader of HTS who is known as Abu Hussein and works with the escort group of al-Jolani. She added that the earth-shattering kaboom, which occurred near the village of al-Tawameh, west of Aleppo, maimed the leader, and he was transferred to one of the medical points in the area. Syrian opposition-controlled areas in northwestern Syria witness frequent explosions amid the groups’ inability to control security, according to the residents. The area is also witnessing disputes between the Posted by: Fred 2021-05-10 |
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