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HTS Launches 5 Operations In NW Syria — Khmeimim
Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on Saturday that 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), launched five military operations in de-escalation zone in Idlib and Hama Governorates, northwestern Syria. Deputy Head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, Oleg Yegorov, said, in a presser, "During the past 24 hours, five shelling operations were recorded from posts of the HTS in the de-escalation zone in Idlib." Four attacks were carried out in Idlib and one in Hama, he said, citing Russian media outlets. On 5 November, the center revealed that the HTS and the Turkistan Islamic Party are preparing to attack Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia. The Posted by: Fred 2022-11-14 |
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