Scores of Terrorists Killed in Clashes among Rival Groups in Northwestern Syria

Rasa - Local sources in the Northwestern Idlib province reported on Saturday that scores of gunmen were killed in a fresh round of clashes among terrorists groups.

News ID: 432946

Date: 07 October 2017 - 16:41

RNA - The sources said that Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorists deployed in the town of Kafr Takharim which left five Al-Nusra terrorists injured.

The sources said that the clashes erupted among the terrorists after the gunmen in the town prevented Al-Nusra fighters' movement through the region towards Armanaz.

In the meantime, some of the members of Jund al-Aqsa in the town of Sarmin in Eastern Idlib stormed Al-Nusra's command posts in the region.

Reports said tens of militants have been killed or wounded in the battle.

The assailants managed to tack control of Al-Nusra' command posts.

News website affiliated to the terrorist groups reported in mid-September that fresh waves of tension covered the Northwestern province of Idlib after a main terrorist group and several field commanders cut ties with Al-Nusra Front.

The websites reported that Al-Nusra dispatched several military columns towards Jeish al-Ahrar terrorist group's bases in the towns of Banesh and Taftnaz in Northeastern Idlib after the latter announced that it defected the Al-Nusra.

In the meantime, Al-Nusra started capturing previous members of the Free Syrian Army and Ahrar al-Sham in the regions and towns in the North and North-West of the province near the border with Turkey.

The Al-Nusra put its forces on alert after rising tensions and defections in the province.

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