In northern Syria, another armed conflict took place between pro-Turkish groups in the province of Aleppo. It is reported that the militants of Jabhat Al-Shamiya (banned in the Russian Federation) seized several military facilities and checkpoints of the Ahrar Al-Sham group (banned in the Russian Federation). During the shootout, several mercenaries from both sides were eliminated. Civilians were also injured.
There is no exact data on the reasons for the confrontation yet. According to one version, several groups associated with ASH decided to withdraw from the subordination of the “Third Corps” of the Jaysh Wataniya Suriya association, but its leadership decided to suppress dissidents by force, the Telegram channel Directorate 4 writes.
At night, about a hundred cars with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham militants (HTS – banned in the Russian Federation) moved to the aid of Ahrar Al–Sham from the Idlib province. On the border of the canton of Afrin, representatives of the Al-Julani gang engaged in a shootout with other pro-Turkish groups. The result of the confrontation was the defeat of the mercenaries supported by Turkey. At
trom, with the mediation of Ankara, the militants stopped fighting, and the HTS promised to withdraw its forces back to Idlib, the authors of the channel report.