The deployment came following information about the mobilization 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) hard boyz in the village of Qatma in Afrin countryside.
An exclusive source told North Press that the Third Legion mobilized its forces in Azaz and Kafr Janneh in the Afrin countryside following news of the presence of HTS hard boyz in Qatma hill in the Sharran district.
Azaz has witnessed a state of high alert at all checkpoints surrounding the city, and cars exiting and entering the city were subjected to an accurate check.
This came after HTS entered Jindires following Jaish al-Sharqiya’s killing of five Kurdish civilians and injured others in Jindires countryside for lighting fire to celebrate Newroz.
The region witnessed military alert that was followed by the HTS withdrawal from the town due to
Following the crime, massive public demonstrations took place in Jindires and other areas in Afrin.
The city of Afrin and its countryside were occupied by
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
in 2018 following military operation "Olive Branch" to push away the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of protecting Turkey’s "national security."
The operation caused the displacement of about 300,000 of the original inhabitants of the Kurds of Afrin who have been taking shelter in 40 villages and five camps in Shahba region since then.