Islam Times - Emir of Al-Nusra Killed in Clashes with Rival Group in Southern Damascus

Islam Times - Abu Talib al-Yadawi, a senior commander of Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board), has been killed in clashes with ISIL terrorists in Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp in the Southern countryside of Damascus city, an Arab media sources reported on Sunday.

The Arabic-language al-Watan daily reported that ISIL imposed full control over Mashrou'a al-Wasim region in Yarmouk camp after heavy fighting with Al-Nusra.

The daily added that a number of members of both warring sides, including Al-Nusra Emir Abu Talib al-Yadawi, were killed in the clashes.

ISIL is in control of 70 percent of the camp, the Al-Nusra controls 25 percent of the camp and the remaining part in under the control of Palestinian Resistance Forces, al-Watan said, adding that 2,000 ISIL terrorists and 170 gunmen of Al-Nusra are stationed in the camp.

ISIL stormed the positions of Al-Nusra Front on Saturday and managed to push the rival terrorist group back from more points in the Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp in the Southern countryside of Damascus city.

The ISIL captured al-Melion and al-Mashrou'a neighborhoods in Yarmouk camp in the Southern countryside of Damascus city after heavy clashes with Al-Nusra.

A number of members of both warring sides, including two Al-Nusra commanders, were killed in the infighting.