Syria:

More Terrorist Commanders Killed in Clashes among Rival Groups in Eastern Damascus

Rasa - Two notorious commanders of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board) have been killed in fierce clashes with rival terrorists from the Jeish al-Islam group in Eastern Ghouta.

News ID: 429751

Date: 19 May 2017 - 21:54

RNA - Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at and Faylaq al-Rahman engaged in fierce clashes with Jeish al-Islam in Hawsh al-Asha'ari farmland in Eastern Ghouta.

The clashes have inflicted a number of casualties on both sides, outlets close to the militant groups said on Friday.

Abu Salem and Abu Wasim al-Kanani, two field commanders of Tahrir al-Sham, were killed in the clashes.

Media sources close to Jeish al-Islam also reported that two field commanders of Tahrir al-Sham were killed by snipers in Eastern Ghouta.

Local sources in Eastern Ghouta reported on Tuesday that militants were leaving battlefields in groups for Idlib after infighting among rival terrorists intensified significantly in recent days.

Media activists of opposition groups in Kafr Batna region reported that heavy infighting, looting food stuff stores and high rate of treason among militants caused hundreds of terrorists to leave Eastern Ghouta for al-Qaboun district to join comrades and move towards militant-held regions in Idlib.

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