Notorious Ankara-Backed Commander Killed in Idlib amid Intensified Insecurities

The sources reported on Thursday that a commander of Faylaq al-Sham affiliated to the so-called National Liberation Front (NLF) terrorist group supported by Turkey named Abu al-Bara al-Homsi was killed by gun fire of unknown raiders in the village of al-Janodiyeh in Western Idlib.

Also, a commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) named Abu Abdolsami was killed near the town of Kafr Nobl in Southwestern Idlib by unknown assailants.

The sources said that tensions have heightened among the NLF and Tahrir al-Sham in Southwestern Idlib, adding that the NLF has closed the road between the village of al-Anqawi and Jabal al-Zawiyeh region after Tahrir al-Sham strengthened its positions in the region.

Meantime, the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted sources affiliated to the terrorists in Northern Syria as saying that humanitarian organizations have stopped their activities in the region after harsh insecurities in areas occupied by the terrorists in Idlib province.

In a relevant development on Monday, a senior field commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at was killed after unknown attackers opened fire at him in Southern Idlib.

Mohammad Kibar nom de guerre Abu Zeid, a notorious field commander of Tahrir al-Sham, was assassinated by unidentified raiders on a road connecting the village of Kafr Sanjah to the town of Kafr Nabl in Southern Idlib.

In the meantime, a field source said that infighting between Tahrir al-Sham and Horras al-Deen is still underway over the French members of Horras trapped in the town of Harem in Southern Idlib.

The source further said that Tahrir al-Sham has dispatched a large number of gunmen to the village of Kansafrah in Southwestern Idlib.