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23 killed in Al-Nusra clash with rival Forces in Edlib countryside

30 Sep 2019 08:08

Islam Times - Twenty-three insurgents have been killed in fierce clashes since Friday between Al-Nusra Front and rival Ahrar al-Sham terrorist movement in Blin village of Jabal al-Zawiya in southern Idlib countryside.


Sputnik news agency quoted local sources in Idlib as confirming that the clashes have been going on since yesterday, broke out between the gunmen of Ahrar al-Sham terrorist organization, one of the factions integrated in the pro-Turkish National Liberation Front, and the terrorist organization Al-Nusra Front after the last attempt by gunmen to storm the town of Blin, which led to the death of 23 men from both sides.

The sources pointed out that the people of the village of Blin, including a large number of militants of the organization, "Ahrar al-Sham" tried to prevent forces from Forces belonging to HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) "Al-Nusra Front" from the arresting a group of youths of the village after the storming, but the situation has developed into clashes with machine guns and RPGs ”.

The sources pointed out that HTS has brought in reinforcements during the last hours of the military confrontations to the vicinity of the village of Beilin in preparation for their storming at a time when intensive contacts by the leaders of the so-called National Liberation Front in an attempt to contain the situation.


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