{"id":85882,"date":"2022-10-18T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=85882"},"modified":"2022-10-18T20:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:33:31","slug":"hts-withdraws-from-syrias-afrin-but-keeps-security-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/85882\/","title":{"rendered":"HTS withdraws from Syria\u2019s Afrin but keeps security forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Military columns of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) withdrew on Tuesday from areas in Afrin city and its countryside towards Idlib, while maintaining its security forces there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the HTS took full control of the city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, following the withdrawal of Third Legion, an armed bloc of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), from the city toward Azaz city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military source close to the SNA\u2019s Hayat Thaeroon for Liberation told North Press, \u201cThe HTS\u2019 security forces have prohibited raising the organization\u2019s flag over security and military institutions and official departments. They also replaced the existing ones with the banners of the factions of al-Amshat, Hamza Division [which are allies to the HTS] and the Interim government [of&nbsp; the Syrian opposition].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA military column \u2013 including about 60 military vehicles, accompanied by trucks carrying tanks, vehicles, two rocket launchers and field artillery \u2013 withdrew and headed towards Idlib through al-Ghazawiya area,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, \u201cThese measures were taken after the comments made by the US embassy in Damascus on the organization&#8217;s expansion in northwestern Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday morning, the US Embassy in Damascus <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/85856\/\">called<\/a> for immediate withdrawal of HTS from Afrin, north of Aleppo. \u201cWe are alarmed by the recent incursion of HTS, a designated terrorist organization, into northern Aleppo,\u201d the Embassy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe HTS\u2019 security forces raised the banners of Hamza, al-Amshat and Ahrar al-Sham to hide their presence, to avoid any possible American intervention,\u201d the source stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to what a source from the Interim government\u2019s Directorate of Education in Afrin told North Press, \u201cAll educational institutions in Afrin have been suspended until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HTS\u2019 flag was also removed from the Wali\u2019s (governor) building, the Education Directorate, the Health and Security buildings and Afrin Prison, in addition to the court and other governmental and security institutions, eyewitnesses informed North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HTS also prevented its militants, at checkpoints and security patrols, from placing the organization\u2019s banner, in order to convince public opinion that the SNA\u2019s al-Amshat and Hamza factions are the ones who control Afrin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that 58 individuals, mostly militants, were killed in a week-long fighting between SNA factions and HTS in north of Aleppo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday evening, the clashes between both sides came to a halt after the Turkish intelligence intervened and ordered the HTS to hand over the security and military outposts in Kafr Janneh and Qatmah villages to the SNA\u2019s Hayat Thaeroon for Liberation, which remained neutral during the recent clashes, an exclusive source told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Hani Salem<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following US complaints, #HTS withdraws from #Syria\u2019s #Afrin, but maintains its presence there by keeping its security forces and allied factions of the Turkish-backed #SNA. #Turkey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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