...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly 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 .. ...
Front) in Kilali camp in northern Idlib, northwest Syria, on allegations of inciting protests against the group.
An exclusive source told North Press that the arrests began on Tuesday, July 11, at night when the HTS’ security apparatus raided the Kilali camp.
They arrested 12 women and 25 men, including the elderly, under charges of incitement and participating in anti-HTS protests.
The detainees were taken to the 107 prison in Idlib for investigation amid growing tension and calls for protesting against the arrests in the camp, he added.
HTS has intensified the arrest campaigns in camps in northern Idlib, such as the Kilali, Deir Hassan, Atme, and Harbanush, in addition to the towns of Ariha and Jisr al-Shughur, west of Idlib.
On Tuesday, HTS raided the Kilali camp and arrested 29 individuals, including 10 women, under charges of incitement against the group.
On Tuesday, a group of women organized an anti-HTS protest in the village of al-Sahara in the western countryside of Aleppo to condemn the group’s recent policies and to demand the release of their relatives detained in the group’s prisons.
The HTS, founded in 2017, controls Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo, using the Salvation Government as a political and administrative umbrella since.
HTS arrests officials in Syria’s Idlib over threatening security
[NPASyria] The General Security Apparatus of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) arrested at dawn on Wednesday three of its officials and security leaders on charges of collaborating with the US-led Global Coalition as a part of a campaign it launched last month in the region.
Exclusive sources told North Press that HTS, under instructions from Shura Council, arrested the official of the Security Oversight and Inspection Office, in addition to the official of the Civil Registry and the Deputy Investigator General in the Criminal Security, along with five other members within the same offices, on charges of providing the Global Coalition with exclusive information on its leaders and members.
Different sources informed North Press that the HTS’ campaigns launched on June 18 have resulted in the arrest of 33 individuals, including five women and eight children, all on the same charges, as well as, 88 leaders and militants so far.
Two days ago, HTS arrested the human resources official in HTS in addition to a military judge in the city of Dana, north of Idlib.
Lately, various areas in Idlib and Aleppo countryside have witnessed protests against the arrests carried out by the HTS.