afrinpost – Exclusive
The “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” organization took the residence of the former director of the area, opposite the Azhar Afrin School in the occupied city of Afrin, as its headquarters after expelling the members of “Al-Mu’tasim Brigade” militia from it, and seized the headquarters of “Division 51” militia and the Homs IDPs’ guesthouse, which was led by the so-called “Nidal al-Bayanouni”, a leader of the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya” militia, located near Al-Vellat Street, which was stolen and broken after the HTS entered the city of Afrin.
In a related context, the organization, classified on the list of international terrorism, seized the school of the village of Kafr Maza in Sharan district and expelled the “Sultan Murad” militia members from it and warned them not to approach the area and threatened to kill them.
It is worth mentioning that the “Sultan Murad” militia had intervened as a force to resolve a conflict between the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya” militia and “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham,” and took over the school from the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya” militia after it withdrew from the village.
In addition, HTS elements seized the house of the elderly “Mustafa Hassan Muhammad” in the village of Shitka in Mobata district, which was seized by the “Sultan Suleiman / Al-Amashat” militia, after the “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya” militia was expelled from the district.
Where in the village of Kurzeleh, about 160 members of “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” deployed under the banners of the “Ahrar al-Sham Movement” militia, in addition to the deployment of its members in the district of Jindires under the banners of the “Al-Amshat and Al-Hamzat” militias.
