2 Notorious Terrorist Commanders Killed in Northern Syria as Tensions Increase

TEHRAN (Defapress)- Local sources in Southern Idlib reported on Thursday hat one of the senior commanders of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorist group, namely Mohamed al-Iraqi, was assassinated by unknown assailants near the town of al-Khowin.

They also reported that two military vehicles of Tahrir al-Sham were destroyed and a number of militants were killed and wounded during the ISIL terrorists' attack on the road linking the village of Nayrab to the town of Sarmin in Southeastern Idlib.

Meantime, the commander of the terrorists' security committee in the town of Qala'at al-Maziq in Northwestern Hama was killed after unknown assailants fired at him.

Terrorists are now in panic and frustration after reports said that the Syrian army will launch imminent military operations in Idlib province.

Relevant reports said on Wednesday that differences and feuds are increasing among the non-Syrian members of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at, known as al-Turkistani Party, in Northern Syria amid reports on the Syrian army's imminent operation in the province.

Militant-affiliated websites disclosed that a fresh wave of defections has been reported among the foreign members of Tahrir al-Sham, known as al-Turkistani Party.

The websites further said that Abu Mohammad Mansour, one of the commanders of al-Turkistani, has seized leadership of the terrorist group in a coup against al-Turkistani's former commander Abu Ibrahim.

In the meantime, a large number of terrorists were killed in heavy fighting between ISIL and Horas al-Din along a road to the village of Hafsarja in Northwestern Idlib.

Field sources said that 220 terrorists, including 144 Syrians affiliated to Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at and other groups, have been killed in Idlib province since April 26.

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