Al-Nusra Commander's Senior Saudi Aide Killed in Northwestern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- A Saudi commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front), who was also a senior aide to the Commander of the terrorist group Abu Mohammad al-Joulani, was gunned down by unidentified attackers in Idlib province, an Arab media outlet reported on Wednesday.

News ID: 73000

Date: 10 October 2018 - 16:22

The Arabic-language al-Manar TV Channel reported that Abu Yusef al-Jazrawi, a Saudi field commander of Tahrir al-Sham, was killed after unknown gunmen opened fire at him near the village of Ma'aratah in Southwestern Idlib.

It further added that al-Jazrawi was a security advisor to Abu Mohammad al-Joulani, Tahrir al-Sham's Chief commander.

Al-Manar went on to say that Mohammad Abu Salam, a Turkish Commander of Tahrir al-Sham, was killed in another attack by other unspecified parties in the small town of Ahsam in Southwestern Idlib.

On Monday, Abu Mas'ab al-Dayeri, a notorious Chechen commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at, was gunned down by unknown raiders in Idlib province.

al-Dayeri was killed after unknown raiders opened fire at him along a road between Darkoush and Azmarin regions in Western Idlib.

In the meantime, local sources in Southern Idlib reported that Tahrir al-Sham has started arresting people in the small town of Oweid in Jabal al-Zaviyah region, injuring a number of civilians while shooting around.

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