Al-Nusra Commanders Assassinated for Opposing Turkish Military Meddling in Syria

Rasa - Militant-affiliated websites disclosed that recent assassination of senior commanders of Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) was rooted in their disagreement with Turkish military intervention in Idlib province.

News ID: 434473

Date: 29 October 2017 - 19:03

RNA - The websites further said that differences and arguments among commanders of Al-Nusra over Turkey's military meddling in Idlib and Western Aleppo were the root cause of the assassination of four high-ranking commanders of Al-Nusra.

The websites added that assassination of Abu Talha Ordoni in Ma'ardabsah in Eastern Idlib, Hassan al-Bakour nom de guerre Abu Abdurrahman Hawan in Khan Sheikhoun in Southern Idlib, Abu Abdurrahman al-Mohajer in Khan Sheikhoun and Mostafa Zahri in Dana in Northern Idlib was only due to their opposing views towards Turkish army's presence in Idlib.

News websites reported on Wednesday that attacks on terrorist commanders and spreading insecurity increased vastly in militant-held regions in Idlib province.

The websites reported that Salah al-Aboud nom de guerre Abu Shadi, one of the commanders of Faylaq al-Sham terrorist group, was gunned down by unknown assailants in a market in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Southern Idlib.

In the meantime, Abu Abdultayer, one of the commanders of Ahrar al-Sham, was also killed by unknown assailants in the small town of Fayloun in Southern Idlib.

Also, five members of Al-Nusra Front were killed and three others were injured in a bomb blast in Tal al-Zahab region near the town of Jisr al-Shughour in Southern Idlib.

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