Tens of Terrorists Killed in Heavy Infighting in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- At least 40 terrorists were killed and several more were wounded in fierce cashes between two main groups in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.

News ID: 68824

Date: 23 February 2018 - 15:49

Syria's Tahrir Front, formed after the merger of Ahrar al-Sham and Nouralddeen al-Zinki terrorist groups, stormed the positions of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and captured the towns of al-Naqir, Abedin, Harash al-Habit and al-Qasabiyah and several villages in Jabal al-Zaviyeh and Jabal Shahshahbo regions.

In the meantime, Tahrir al-Sham drove the rival terrorist group out of the towns of Batbo and Kafr Naseh in Western Aleppo and kept its gunmen on alert near the towns of Dar al-Izzah, Khan al-Asal and Tadil to launch attack on the positions of Syria's Tahrir Front.

Field sources said that at least 40 militants from both warring sides, including Commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at Abu Moslem Souran, were killed and several more were wounded in the infighting.

In a relevant development on Thursday Syria's Tahrir Front, formed after the merger of Ahrar al-Sham and Nouralddeen al-Zinki terrorist groups, stormed massively the positions of the Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in al-Sa'adiyeh near the town of Orum, Boyouti region and al-Mahmoud checkpoint in Western Aleppo.

They further said that Syria's Tahrir Front managed to drive rival groups out of the town of Batbo in Western Aleppo and the town of Tarmala in Southern Idlib, heading towards Dar al-Izzah region.

In the meantime, Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at said that its militants beat back Syria's Tahrir Front from the village of Ajel in Western Aleppo.

Both warring sides have suffered heavy casualties in the clashes.