[ALMASDARNEWS] Yet another high-ranking commander of terrorist group Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been killed in Idlib Governorate, this time Abu Talha al-Ardni.Al-Ardni, a Jordanian citizen and high-ranking "emir" of Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham, an affiliated organization of al-Qaeda that was formerly known as the 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, was killed by an improvised bomb (IED) near Maar Dibsah in the western countryside of Idlib province.
Abu Tala al-Ardni was known as one of the most hardline HTS commanders, and was notorious for his extreme views even within the terrorist organization. For example, he was opposed to HTS going to war against ISIS, and was also an opponent of the organization’s ties to
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