Severe Infighting Reported among Terrorists in Idlib

According to SANA, members of Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group have been reported as to be attempting to target the regions controlled by al-Nusra Front in Idlib.

Field sources said that Jabal al-Zawiyeh in Idlib is among the regions which is often attacked by Ahrar al-Sham.

Media sources disclosed on Saturday that Ahrar al-Sham terrorists engaged in fierce clashes with rival terrorists of Jund al-Aqsa and al-Nusra Front in Northwestern Syria, leaving a large number of militants dead or wounded.

ARA news reported that Ahrar al-Sham has suffered a large number of casualties in clashes with Fatah al-Sham and a group of Jund al-Aqsa in the town of Iblin close to Jabal al-Zawiyeh.

ARA added that the town of Ahsam has also been the scene of heavy fighting between rival militants. “Fatah al-Sham eventually managed to win full control over Ahrar al-Sham’s positions and Qamaynas town that is near Ahsam,” it continued.

In the meantime, members of Jund al-Aqsa stormed an Ahrar al-Sham-controlled prison in Qamaynas and took away a Turkish National and handed him over to Turkey’s intelligence service, ARA news went on to say.

A number of Ahrar al-Sham’s members, including Abu Bakr Abadita, a security commander of the group, were arrested in the raid.

The Northern and Western territories of Idlib have been recently the scenes of fierce clashes between Ahrar al-Sham with Fatah al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa that have thus far inflicted major casualties on both sides.