RNA - The Al-Nusra Front, Nouralddeen al-Zinki Movement, Jeish al-Sonah, Jabhat Ansaraldeen and Liwa al-Haq announced that they will act under a united coalition named the Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.
The five merged terrorist groups will act under the command of Abu Jaber Hashem al-Sheikh.
Hashem al-Sheikh was one of the commanders of Ahrar al-Sham. The new coalition led by al-Sheikh is now against Ahrar al-Sham.
Al-Sheikh resigned from his post in Ahrar al-Sham after he was appointed as the commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.
A number of Ahrar al-Sham's commanders, including the groups' spokesman Abu Yusuf al-Mohajer, Hesam Salameh and Abu al-Fatah al-Farqali Mesri have also joined the new coalition.
Terrorist groups' websites have claimed that Abu Mohammad al-Joulani will be the top commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.
Ahrar al-Sham has rejected its affiliation to the new coalition, but websites close to the terrorist groups have disclosed that Ahrar al-Sham, Faylaq al-Sham, Jeish al-Izzah, Turkistani party and Liwa al-Tamkin will soon start a new front called Tahrir al-Syria Front.
Nusra terrorists have been attacking positions of other terrorist rivals across Northwestern Syria.
On Saturday, the Al-Nusra Front intensified attacks on Ahrar al-Sham and its affiliated militants and could eventually take control of several towns and villages in al-Zawiyeh mountain.
Al-Nusra fighters stormed the positions of Ahrar al-Sham and its allies and pushed them back from the villages and towns of Deir Sunbul, al-Maqareh and Farkia in al-Zawiyeh mountain.
In the meantime, al-Nusra dispatched three convoys of forces from al-Maqaleh region near Ma'arat al-Nu'aman town to other battlefronts in al-Zawiyeh mountain.
Also, a large military column of Jund al-Aqsa (Ahrar al-Sham's ally) left Jabala region near Kafr Nabl for al-Zawiyeh mountain to take control of the region.
According to the latest reports, Ahrar al-Sham and Soqour al-Sham have gathered their forces and military equipment in al-Zawiyeh mountain.
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