...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) and injured four others in the western countryside of Aleppo, northwest Syria.
An exclusive source from the HTS said unknown button men, riding cycle of violence
s, attacked a military checkpoint of the HTS on the road between the town of Darat Izza and the village of Gazawiya in the west of Aleppo.The attack resulted in the killing of a member of the HTS and the injury of four others, the source told North Press.
Recently, attacks against the HTS posts have increased. On August 6, unknown button men attacked a checkpoint of the group, killing one member and injuring three others in the south of Idlib.
The HTS, rebranded in 2017, controls the city of Idlib and western Aleppo Governorate, under the guise of the Salvation Government.
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