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On 18 March, an Ahrar al-Sham commander was killed after a roadside bomb went off while he was driving near Jisr al-Shughur.<ref name="auto18march">{{cite web|url=https://almasdarnews.com/article/militant-commander-assassinated-in-western-idlib/|title=Militant commander assassinated in western Idlib|website=Al-Masdar}}</ref> |
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On 19 March, two Turkish soldiers were killed and a third was wounded by an attack that the Turkish Defense Ministry claimed was carried out by unamed radical groups.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/rocket-attack-northwest-syria-kills-turkish-soldiers-200320041200347.html|work=Al-Jazeera|title=Rocket attack in northwest Syria kills two Turkish soldiers|date=19 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-retaliates-after-attack-kills-troops-in-idlib-153125 Turkey retaliates after attack kills troops in Idlib]</ref> |
On 19 March, two Turkish soldiers were killed and a third was wounded by an attack that the Turkish Defense Ministry claimed was carried out by unamed radical groups.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/rocket-attack-northwest-syria-kills-turkish-soldiers-200320041200347.html|work=Al-Jazeera|title=Rocket attack in northwest Syria kills two Turkish soldiers|date=19 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-retaliates-after-attack-kills-troops-in-idlib-153125 Turkey retaliates after attack kills troops in Idlib]</ref> The Guardians of Religion Organization, was speculated by the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]], to be behind the attack.<ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=157678 IED explosions target Turkish column on the M4 road west Idlib kill two Turkish soldiers]</ref> |
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On 24 March 2020, a mine detonated while a Turkish military convoy was passing through the town of Sufahan on the M4 Highway resulting in two Turkish soldiers wounded.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=158003|work=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]]|title= |
On 24 March 2020, a mine detonated while a Turkish military convoy was passing through the town of Sufahan on the M4 Highway resulting in two Turkish soldiers wounded.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=158003|work=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]]|title= |
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Wrath of Olives Operations Room (against TFSA and NFL)[2]  Army of Revolutionaries (Army of Conquest claim, 2016) |
 Jaysh al-Izza Jaysh al-Ahrar Turkey |
 Ansar al-Tawhid Guardians of Religion Organization (Sometimes) | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Abdullah al-Muhaysini Abu Khadija Bilal al-Khuraisat † Abu Al-Walid al-Tunisi † |
 Ali Nejdet Aldiri (POW) Said al-Hunaiti (POW) Abu Khattab Kafr-Nabudah (POW) |
 Ala Abu Ahmed † | ||||
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The Insurgency in Idlib is an ongoing insurgency in rebel-held areas in the Idlib Governorate between multiple factions ranging from supporters of the Syrian government to rival opposition elements to supporters and members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[4] The insurgency is marked by assassinations, bombings as well as light armed confrontations with small arms and raids.
Timeline
2015
In July 2015, the Islamic Front's Twitter account posted that the group had clashed with an ISIL cell in Idlib.[5]
2016
On 31 March 2016, the Army of Conquest claimed to have captured members of a cell belonging to Jaysh al-Thuwar, an Arab component of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Idlib that was reportedly conducting assassinations and kidnappings in the area.[6]
On 22 June 2016, the Army of Conquest's police division published a statement saying that the group's police arrested members of a cell that were helping to smuggle members of ISIL from Turkey into Idlib.[7]
On 3 August 2016, the Army of Conquest coalition released a statement saying the coalition's security forces dismantled an ISIL cell in Idlib after 20 days of surveillance.[8]
On 4 October 2016, Ahrar al-Sham arrested an alleged ISIL cell affiliated with Jund al-Aqsa, Jund al-Aqsa later retaliated by arresting members of Ahrar al-Sham allegedly beating the wife and shooting the brother of one member while doing so. Ahrar al-Sham two days later on 6 October gave an ultimatum to Jund al-Aqsa to release the captured Ahrar al-Sham members, and Jund al-Aqsa countered the demand, asking that Ahrar al-Sham release the captive Jund al-Aqsa members that were allegedly part of ISIL.[9]
2017
On 16 June 2017, a suicide bomber attempted to kill Saudi-cleric Abdullah al-Muhaysini, whom at the time was associated with Hayat Tharir al-Sham serving on its Sharia body, after leaving a mosque in Idlib. After the attack Muhaysini said he was uninjured in an online video, and stated an invidual approached his car wearing an explosive belt and blew themselves up.[10]
On 24 July 2017, during fighting between Ahrar al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, car bombs were detonated in Idlib reportedly killing 50 members of HTS, the car bombs reportedly belonged to Ahrar al-Sham.[11]
2018
In February 2018, HTS accused the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement of planting IEDs and assassinating HTS members in Idlib, later leading to an armed conflict between the two.
On 26 April 2018, a commander from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was killed along with his body guard in Maarrat al-Nu’man, and reportedly on the same day a commander belonging to the Syrian Liberation Front was also killed by gunmen in Binnish, neither side commented on the assassinations as a cease-fire was recently signed between the two, however some sources affiliated with HTS accused the Syrian Liberation Front of carrying out the assassination against the HTS commander.[12]
On 28 April 2018, A Free Syrian Police commander was killed by an IED in northern Idlib, on the same day hours after the bombing pro-opposition activists reported that 2 members of Jaysh al-Izza were killed by unidentified gunmen in Khan Shaykhun, a commander belonging to Jaysh al-Ahrar was also killed on the same day, in response to the assassinations, including the assassination of HTS members, an HTS security official accused Ahrar al-Sham of carrying out the assassinations.[13][14]
In May 2018, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham claimed to have detained members of an assassination cell composed of females in Idlib that were loyal to the Syrian government and were recruited by Russia.[1]
On 18 June 2018, Jaysh al-Ahrar's deputy commander was killed by gunmen in Saraqib after praying at a mosque, after his death the group released a statement saying the assassins were unknown individuals.[15]
On 22 June 2018, a senior HTS leader named Abu Khadija Bilal al-Khuraisat was killed by gunmen in Taramala. On the same day Jaysh al-Ahrar and the Sham Legion arrested the leader of ISIL's Idlib Province.[16]
On 30 June 2018, HTS raided an ISIL position in Sarmin, capturing anti-tank guided missiles, the HTS-affiliated Ebaa News Agency published photos of the captured ATGMs, as well as a flag from the defunct Liwa Dawud which pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2014.[17]
On 29 July 2018, three members of the Syrian Liberation Front, a merger between Ahrar al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement were killed in Maarrat al-Nu'man, the Syrian Liberation Front said that the assassination was carried out by spies belonging to the Syrian government.[3]
2019
In January 2019, an ISIL linked media group called the Muhajireen Foundation, which provides reports on events that effect displaced ISIL fighters in Syria, released a statement warning displaced ISIL fighters in Idlib to avoid gatherings because of crackdowns by HTS and the Guardians of Religion Organization against ISIL in Idlib.[18][19]
On 18 January 2019, a car bomb exploded at an HTS checkpoint in Idlib, reportedly resulting in the death of 10 HTS militants, on the same day gunmen wounded 3 HTS fighters, and a commander belonging to Jaysh al-Izza was killed after a bomb placed in his car by an unknown group detonated.[20]
On 29 January 2019, a female suicide bomber believed to be part of ISIL by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham attacked the headquarters of the Syrian Salvation Government, after fighting the guards outside, she blew herself up, wounding a number of people. The Amaq News Agency later denied ISIL was involved with the attack.[21][22]
In March 2019, HTS executed several ISIL members believed to be behind drive-by shootings, assassinations, and bombings. HTS reportedly in response to the violence in Idlib installed security cameras around the city to monitor the area.[23]
On 5 March 2019, HTS raided an ISIL compound in Atarib and captured an ISIL commander as well as several stockpiles of small arms, munitions, as well as bomb making materials and explosives already manufactured by ISIL. [24]
On 14 March 2019, several ISIL members were able to escape from an HTS prison, reportedly after a series of Russian airstrikes in the area.[25]
In August 2019, the ISIL-linked Muhajireen Foundation published an infographic showing three separate HTS actions against ISIL in Idlib. The infographic announced that several individuals held by HTS were executed publicly for allegedly belonging to ISIL and carrying out bombings. The report also included a report that two individuals were arrested in Nayrab for planting IEDs on behalf of ISIL. The report also stated that HTS raided the military headquarters of the Guardians of Religion Organization and its ally Ansar al-Tawhid, which is made up of former Jund al-Aqsa elements, in a town near Jisr al-Shughur and arrested two Egyptians from both groups for having ties to ISIL.[26][27]
On 5 August 2019, a Tunisian Guardians of Religion Organization commander was assassinated by unknown perpetrators in Taftanaz, with some pro-opposition activists claiming the assassins were ISIL linked. [28]
2020
On 18 March, an Ahrar al-Sham commander was killed after a roadside bomb went off while he was driving near Jisr al-Shughur.[29]
On 19 March, two Turkish soldiers were killed and a third was wounded by an attack that the Turkish Defense Ministry claimed was carried out by unamed radical groups.[30][31] The Guardians of Religion Organization, was speculated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, to be behind the attack.[32]
On 24 March 2020, a mine detonated while a Turkish military convoy was passing through the town of Sufahan on the M4 Highway resulting in two Turkish soldiers wounded.[33] On the same day unknown gunmen tried to kidnap a Rebel commander of the Saraqeb Front in Idlib city, wounding him.[34]
On 4 April 2020, a field commander of Ahrar al-Sham was killed by a mine in Sufahan, in southern Idlib.[35]
See also
References
- ^ a b "HTS Detains Assassination Cell Led By Females In Idlib". qasioun-news.com.
- ^ "The Operation Anger of Olives indicated that their forces carried out an operation in the southern countryside of Idlib, destroying a point of the Failaq al-Sham mercenaries and killing two of its mercenaries, stressing that the operation was in response to the ongoing violations by the mercenaries against the people of Afrin". Hawar News Agency. 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b Adra, Zen (July 29, 2018). "More rebel fighters assassinated in Idlib amid escalated tensions".
- ^ "Islamic State targets rival jihadists and Islamists in northern Syria | FDD's Long War Journal". longwarjournal.org. July 15, 2018.
- ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Jaysh al-Fatth captures a Jaysh al-Thuwar cell". Orient-news.net.
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- ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10.
- ^ Antonopoulos, Paul (October 6, 2016). "Ahrar al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa alliance in northern Hama showing cracks".
- ^ "Militant Saudi cleric survives assassination attempt in Syria". Reuters.
- ^ "Car explosion kills 50 Al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front militants in Syrian city of Idlib". Firstpost.
- ^ "Two Commanders Of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham And Syrian Liberation Front Are Assassinated In Idlib". April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Wave Of Assassinations Of Prominent Militant Figures Continues In Syria's Idlib Governorate". April 28, 2018.
- ^ "Who Stands behind Idlib's Assassinations Wave?". Enab Baladi. May 1, 2018.
- ^ "Number-Two man assassinated of "Jaish Al Ahrar" by unknown gunmen". Call Syria. June 18, 2018.
- ^ https://www.nedaa-sy.com/en/reports/133
- ^ "zooper on Twitter: "HTS raided an ISIS hideout in Sarmin. Among a few 14.5mm guns and ATGMs is the flag of Liwa Dawoud (لواء داوود). The group was based in Sarmin until they joined ISIS in early July 2014. "https://t.co/NnFYGmtrMh"". web.archive.org. September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10.
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- ^ https://www.trackingterrorism.org/chatter/poster-al-muhajireen-foundation-security-alert-brothers-idlib-avoid-large-gatherings-hts-and
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- ^ "Suicide Attack Inside Salvation Government Building in Idleb • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Photo". TWIMG. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "Violence spikes in Idlib between Tahrir al-Sham, ISIS". Diyaruna.
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- ^ "ISIS Militants Escape After Russian Raid on Idlib". Asharq AL-awsat.
- ^ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDAotSnXUAE4z80.jpg
- ^ https://www.trackingterrorism.org/chatter/infographic-islamic-state-supporters-al-muhajireen-foundation-unofficial-violations-apostate
- ^ "Key foreign jihadist commander assassinated in Idlib". Al-Masdar.
- ^ "Militant commander assassinated in western Idlib". Al-Masdar.
- ^ "Rocket attack in northwest Syria kills two Turkish soldiers". Al-Jazeera. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Turkey retaliates after attack kills troops in Idlib
- ^ IED explosions target Turkish column on the M4 road west Idlib kill two Turkish soldiers
- ^ "Turkish forces sustain human and material losses after entering a mine field south of Idlib". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Unidentified gunmen open fire on opposition commander in Idlib city center
- ^ "Commander of "Ahrar Al-Sham" killed in landmine explosion in Jabal Al-Zawiyah, while regime forces fire rockets on Aleppo and Latakia". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
