Infighting Intensifies Among Terrorist Groups in Hama, Idlib Provinces

TEHRAN (defapress)- Clashes intensified between terrorists of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and the National Liberation Front (NLF) as well as other militants in Hama and Idlib provinces, taking interchangeably control of a large number of regions.

News ID: 74760

Date: 04 January 2019 - 21:21

Tahrir al-Sham managed on push the NLF rival terrorists back from the villages of Arinabah, Safouhan, al-Naqir, Shourlin and a large part of the small town of Tarmala in Southern Idlib.

In the meantime, other NLF units managed to take control over the village of Qilah Northwest of Dar al-Izzah in Western Aleppo near the border with Idlib and also the villages of Maydan Qazal, Qarah Jaran, Sharnaz, Shirmaqar and al-Dirounah near Mount Shahshabou in Northeastern Hama.

The infighting inflicted heavy casualties on both sides.

A key Tahrir al-Sham commander nom de guerre Khatab al-Qadhafah was killed in clashes near the town of Saraqib in Southeastern Idlib.

Field sources in Northern Syria reported on Thursday that Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group in clashes with NLF-affiliated Nouralddeen al-Zinki took control of the strategic town of Dar al-Izzah in Western Aleppo and Kafar Basin and Fadreh villages in Northwestern Aleppo.

They said that the infighting among terrorists spread to Idlib and Hama provinces, reiterating that they NFL militants took control of Masaran, Babila and al-Jaradeh villages to the North of Idlib, Ma'arat al-Numan and Ma'ar Shourin to the South of Idlib and Tarmala to the Southwest.

Meantime, Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at also took control of al-Faqi, Karsa'a, Arinbeh, Sharnaz, Meydan Qazal, Shoulin, Shir Maqar, Qara Jarn, al-Deyrouneh, al-Jasem Farm and Jab Soleyman to the South of Idlib and Western Hama.

Meantime, the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news website reported that at least 100 terrorists were killed in clashes between Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at and Nouralddeen al-Zinki terrorist groups.

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