...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...
in the Idlib province on Friday, marking the first time in months that this specific group was hit by such an liquidation.
Ahrar al-Sham commander Abu Abdo Dahriyah was shot and killed together with tho of his associates, when unidentified attacked gunned him down. The liquidation was very similar to a row of similar assassinations that has been rocking the al-Qaeda affiliated group Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham
(HTS), 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, for the past several months.
The resemblance in attacks, as well as the strategic situation in Idlib, may indicate involvement from terrorist organization ISIS, which has recently started making entry into the Idlib Governorate. ISIS forces have been trying to infiltrate Idlib from the small pocket of land it currently holds in the north of Hama province. Sleeper cells tied to the terrorist group are known for their assassinations, that mostly targeted rival HTS holy warriors until now.