Residents of Khan Sheikhoun Torch Photos of Tahrir Al-Sham's Ringleader

Civilians in the city of Khan Sheikhoun in Southern Idlib set on fire the photos of ringleader of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) Abu Mohammed al-Jolani after the Syrian Army entered the city and defeated the terrorist group.

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Date: 23 August 2019 - 20:47

RNA - Civilians in the city of Khan Sheikhoun in Southern Idlib set on fire the photos of ringleader of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) Abu Mohammed al-Jolani after the Syrian Army entered the city and defeated the terrorist group.

Idlib

The Arabic-language Al-Mayadeen TV news channel released a video quoting media activists as saying that after the collapse of Tahrir al-Sham in Khan Sheikhoun and withdrawal of the terrorists from this region, the photos of Jolani were set ablaze.

Meantime, the remaining Tahrir al-Sham terrorists who are in Southern Idlib have asked for help from their comrades after the Syrian Army laid siege on Khan Sheikhoun.

On Monday, the Syrian Army managed to enter Khan Sheikhoun after five years.

Also on Wednesday, the local population in Ma’aret al-Numan in Southern Idlib are preparing themselves for the imminent entry of the Syrian Army troops into the city, a Syrian parliamentarian said, adding that the people are eagerly waiting for the army’s military takeover.

“The next target of the Syrian Arm’s military operations is Ma’aret al-Numan after imposing full control over Khan Sheikhoun,” Syrian lawmaker for Idlib Province Safvan Qorbi said.

He noted that the residents of Idlib and its countryside are expecting the Syrian Army to arrive in areas occupied by the terrorists, and said that large groups of residents of Ma’aret al-Numan and the city of Saraqib in Southern Idlib have visited the joint Syrian-Russian Command Headquarters for the implementation of peace plan.

Qorbi noted the massive presence of the terrorist groups in Ma’aret al-Numan and the Turkish Army’s occupying role in the region, and said that the Syrian Army is prepared to enter Ma’aret al-Numan.

He also pointed to the heavy defeat of the terrorist groups in Khan Sheikhoun city despite massive military backup by the Turkish Army and their retreat from the region, and said that negotiations are currently underway for exit of the Turkish Army troops from areas under its control in Hama.

Hama

The Syrian Army continued its advances in Southern Idlib around Khan Sheikhoun city, and it is now close to lay a full siege to areas under the control of the terrorists in Hama, the Arabic-language media outlets said.

The Arabic-language website of the Russian Sputnik news agency reported that the Syrian Army engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorists East of Khan Sheikhoun city in Southern Idlib, and took control of the strategic Taraei town and hilltop.

A military source, meantime, noted that the Syrian Army has taken control of several routes of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at in Northern Hama and Khan Sheikhoun city towards Northern regions and the government troops are now less than three kilometers away from the city of al-Tamaneh in Southern Idlib.

The source pointed to the Syrian Army’s efforts to lay siege to the terrorist groups in Northern Hama to pave the way for its further advances and connecting those regions to Khan Sheikhoun, and said that the terrorist groups of Northern Hama are escaping the region before the last routes are closed.

The Arabic-language al-Mayadeen TV network reported that the Syrian Army took control of the towns of Kafar Zita, al-Tamaneh, Ma’arkabeh, Lahaya, Latmin, Mourek and al-Sayyad in Northern Hama.

The terrorist groups stationed in Northern Hama have maintained their military positions near Mourek observation point in Northern Hama.

Raqqa

The citizens of Raqqa are being kidnapped by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to be used in body organ trade, the Arabic-language media outlets said.

According to Fars News Agancy, the Arabic-language Neda News Website affiliated to the militants reported that the Kurdish militias have kidnapped civilians in Raqqa City and steal their body party after transferring them to their clandestine hospitals in several regions in Raqqa and the City of al-Tabaqa, where Turkish physicians conduct surgeries.

It quoted several Raqqa citizens as saying that civilians have found a mass grave in al-Ramileh region near a media center which contains dead bodies of a number of civilians, including children, whose body organs have been stolen.

The report said corpses of civilians have also been found in the town of al-Amerieh in Western Raqqa and al-Akirshi South-East of the town, adding that early examinations have shown that body organs of these corpses have also been taken away.

It said that Raqqa citizens have recently confronted some groups affiliated to the Kurdish militias while they were trying to abduct a number of children.

The SDF are cooperating with Israeli physicians in setting up hospitals for body organ trade in Eastern Syria, the Arabic-language media outlets reported in July.

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