HTS arrests own members on charges of dealing with Coalition, government
Jul 20, 2023
[NPASyria] On Thursday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
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(HTS) launched a raid and arrest campaign in Idlib and its countryside targeting its own members, including security and military personnel, on charges of dealing with the US-led Coalition and the Syrian government.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, told North Press, "The arrests targeted 11 security and military members in the town of Maarrat Misrin and Kefraya in northern Idlib, adding that eight members managed to flee."
The source explained that those who escaped headed in two directions, the first towards the
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Unidentified gunmen kill, kidnap HTS members in Syria’s Idlib
Jul 19, 2023
[NPASyria] Unidentified button men killed on Tuesday a member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) and kidnapped another in Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press that unknown individuals targeted, with light machine guns, Obada al-Hassoun, a security investigator within the HTS’ General Security Apparatus, while he was on his way from the village of Arab Saeed, west of Idlib, towards the city, where his body was found, according to some residents.
Another member called Khalifa al-Awad, has been missing since Tuesday evening on the Ariha road, south of Idlib, where his cycle of violence was found dumped on the side of the road. No information was reported about his fate.
The source pointed out that the General Security Apparatus cordoned off the targeting site and began to search and check cars and identities, without obtaining any new information.
On Friday, an officer in charge of HTS patrols, was shot by unidentified button men in Jisr al-Shughur, 24 hours after the liquidation of a top HTS security official named Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Ali by unknown attackers operating under the name of Saraya Dir’ al-Thawra.
The HTS, rebranded in 2017, controls the city of Idlib and western Aleppo Governorate, under the guise of the Salvation Government.
From the first months of the Syrian conflict against the Syrian government in 2011, Idlib witnessed brutal fighting that quickly ascended into civil war. The governorate has become a transit hub for the imported muscle who travelled to Syria through
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to join jihadist groups. The HTS and the SNA share the control of the governorate.
HTS arrests 24 people in search for killers of investigator
Jul 19, 2023
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, the General Security Apparatus of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) raided the village of Arab Saeed in western Idlib and arrested 24 people, including former members of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), following the killing of an HTS security official a day earlier.
An official from the General Security Apparatus was killed and another was abducted by unknown assailants on Tuesday night, pushing the HTS to deploy in the area in search for the killers.
According to local sources, the General Security Apparatus arrested 24 individuals in Arab Saeed, including three former fighters of SNA’s Ahrar al-Sham.
On Tuesday night, Obada al-Hassoun, one of the General Security Apparatus investigators in Idlib, was killed by unidentified attackers in the same village.