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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
HTS officially opens commercial crossing with regime-held areas in western Aleppo
2020-05-01
[SYRIAHR] Commercial trucks have crossed from regime-held areas to areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
and opposition factions via the al-Na’saan-Miznaz commercial crossing in the western countryside of Aleppo, officially opened by HTS.

Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion...
tens of people, opposing the opening of commercial crossing with the Syrian regime, have gathered in the area, in order to prevent the trucks from entering areas controlled by HTS and rebel factions.
"Tens of people" LOL. Governor Newsom would be very angry at this non-distancing!
Syrian Observatory activists reported earlier this after that tens of residents from Maarrat al-Na’ssan town and countryside gathered on the road to Miznaz town in the western countryside of Aleppo, blocking the way of trucks heading to the commercial crossing which HTS intended to open in the area with areas under control of the Syrian regime.

This development coincided with the arrival of military reinforcement affiliated to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in Maarrat al-Na’san in the western countryside of Aleppo, in preparation for opening the commercial crossing with regime forces.

Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion...
reliable sources informed SOHR that HTS advanced into the outskirts of the regime-controlled town of Miznaz where HTS retrieved the bodies of its fighters killed in previous battles with regime forces.

On April 28, SOHR sources reported that HTS members prevented a Ottoman Turkish military column from entering Darat Izza city, west of Aleppo province, as members of al-Katoura checkpoint blocked the way of Ottoman Turkish military vehicles.

This development comes amid growing tension between HTS on one hand, and Ottoman Turkish forces and their proxies on the other, since HTS seeks to open a commercial crossing with regime-controlled areas.

SOHR sources also monitored earlier that day Ottoman Turkish army and al-Sham Corps on one hand, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham on the other on high alert, in Maarrat al-Na’saan area, after HTS had brought a wheel loader to remove the soil barrier erected by Ottoman Turkish army.

Ottoman Turkish army erected the soil barrier the previous day, blocking the way of HTS trucks to prevent them from reaching the commercial crossing which HTS intended to open in the area with areas under control of the Syrian regime.
Posted by:Fred

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