Five French Terrorists Killed in Clashes with Rival Group in Northwestern Syria

The sources said that Horras al-Deen engaged in clashes with Tahrir al-Sham in the small town of Harem in Idlib province on Saturday, adding that 5 French members of the former were killed in the clashes and 45 French gunmen came under Tahrir al-Sham’s siege at a Horras al-Deen stronghold.

The sources further said that over 12 Tahrir al-Sham gunmen were also killed and several more were wounded in exchange of fire.

The sources went on to say that the fresh clashes between the two rival groups have sparked a wave of fear among the locals in Harem.

On Saturday, Abu al-Yaman al-Qafqazi, a notorious commander of the Turkistani Islamic Party from the Caucasus region, was killed in gun fire near the town of Jisr al-Shughour in Southwestern Idlib.

In the meantime, a Mufti (religious leader) of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at was targeted and injured by unknown assailants in the small town of Darkoush in Jisr al-Shughour region.

Meanwhile, field sources reported that Horras al-Deen terrorist group has put its gunmen on alert in the town of Harem in Northern Idlib after Tahrir al-Sham arrested 7 foreign members of the group.