Syria: Terrorist Groups Form New Coalition to Prevent Collapse of Anti-Gov't Front

Rasa - The Al-Nusra Front (recently renamed to Fatah al-Sham Front) and several militant groups declared that they have decided to form a new coalition named Tahrir Al-Sham Hay'at (The Levant Liberation Board) to narrow down widening rifts amongst their commanders and members.

News ID: 426935

Date: 29 January 2017 - 22:59

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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