{"id":64904,"date":"2021-09-18T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=64904"},"modified":"2021-09-18T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T12:07:22","slug":"contradictions-arose-among-turkish-backed-factions-in-syrias-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/64904\/","title":{"rendered":"Contradictions arose among Turkish-backed factions in Syria\u2019s Afrin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALEEPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>On Friday, the leadership of the newly formed Turkish-backed faction, the Syrian Front for Liberation, issued a statement in which it threatened to exclude Muhammad al-Jassim (Abu Amsha), leader of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, from the formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMuhammad al-Jassim does not abide by his responsibilities as requested since the formation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/64606\/\">Syrian Front for Liberation<\/a>, which which&nbsp;&nbsp; abide by his responsibilities since the formation of ly they r eight.ion ning which affectes teh&nbsp; of scussing its conteput us to shame in front of our Turkish brothers and the popular base in the region,\u201d the statement said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbu Amsha\u2019s refusal to attend the ceremony of the announcement of the Syrian Front formation and sending his brother instead of him is an insult to the high-ranking leaders and members of the Front,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leadership of the Front decided to give Abu Amsha a maximum period of three days to determine his situation within the formation; otherwise, he will be excluded from the formation unless he properly fulfills his duties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 9, five factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in northwest Syria announced their merging into a new formation called the <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/64606\/\">Syrian Front for Liberation<\/a> consisting of 15,000 fighters to operate under the umbrella of the National Army.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new formation includes the factions of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, al-Hamza Division, al-Mu\u2019tasem Division, Suqour al-Sham Division, and the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Division, led by Mu\u2019tasem al-Abbas, commander of the al-Mu\u2019tasem Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of Afrin and its environs in northwest Syria have been occupied by Turkey and its affiliated armed opposition factions since March 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Farouq Hamo<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEEPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) \u2013 On Friday, the leadership of the newly formed 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