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Al-Qaeda readies for war of revenge after assassination of commander by rival rebel faction in northwest Syria | |
2018-02-17 | |
[ALMASDARNEWS] Following the liquidation of a high-ranking commander belonging to al-Qaeda affiliate militia Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... ) by fighters of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... -linked Harakat Noor al-Din al-Zenki group in northwest Syria, authorities from the former-mentioned faction have now called for a war of Dire Revenge. During the late hours of Thursday night, Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham commander Abu Ayman al-Masri (an Egyptian national) and his wife were gunned-down by Noor al-Din al-Zenki bully boyz at a checkpoint in western Aleppo province (pictures here). Since then, leading figures within Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham have called for vengeance against Noor al-Din al-Zenki, threatening the rival myrmidon group with all-out war. Early reports state that Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham has started moving convoys of troops and heavy equipment from Idlib’s countryside towards Noor al-Din al-Zenki positions and bases in west Aleppo. Even prior to Abu Ayman al-Masri’s liquidation of Thursday night, tensions between Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham and Noor al-Din al-Zenki had been on the rise for at least two weeks. This latest escalation appears to almost guarantee that another inter-rebel war will erupt across northwest Syria soon ‐ the previous one taking place in mid-2017.
"Abu Ayman was a member of al-Qaeda international," the Observatory said, adding that he had fought with the organization in Afghanistan. Masri was already in Syria when al-Nusra Front began establishing itself as a major force in rebel ranks in 2014. The Nureddine al-Zinki movement is a hardline Islamist faction with a powerful presence in western parts of Aleppo province near the border with Idlib. It formed a short-lived alliance with HTS in 2017, but has broken it off and the two groups have clashed in the past. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Popcorn. With wasabi dip. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-17 15:23 |
#1 I guess all the suicide bombings and slaughter of innocents in their wake doesn't count as provocation? |
Posted by: gorb 2018-02-17 15:21 |