Residents fear murders’ return in HTS-held areas in Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Two individuals were killed late on Friday by unidentified attackers in the town of al-Fu’ah east of Idlib governorate, northwest Syria.
This alarms that murders may return to the areas held by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front), a source from the region said.
Two unidentified individuals, who were riding a motorcycle, opened fire on two individuals while they were walking on a route links between the village of Kafarya and al-Fu’ah east of Idlib.
In the shooting, Muhammad Sayyah, an IDP hailed from the village of Khan al-Subul east of Idlib, and Abu Ayham al-Halabi, who operated in real estate in favor of Uzbek group that is affiliated with HTS, were killed, the source added.
Post-2012, dozens of Uzbek jihadis entered Syrian territories and joined the ranks of Islamic factions to participate in the military operations against Syrian government forces.
On May 16, a group of armed robberies shot dead a civilian while banning the group from stealing his sheep near the city of Harem in the northwestern countryside of Idlib.
On May 10, unidentified gunmen shot dead the civilian Omar Abdullah Kokash in front of his house in the town of Termanin north of Idlib.
On Friday, dozens of residents of the village of Deir Hassan north of Idlib took to street against practices of HTS.
The areas held by the Syrian opposition factions and those of the HTS in northwest Syria say that witness security chaos including explosions and murders in light of these factions’ inability to maintain security in the region.