Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham to enter Afrin for the first time

A new incident that recently took place in the besieged city go Afrin has again raised the question of Turkey’s assumed involvement in the ignition of violent clashes and skirmishes, resulting in the death of civilians as well as the country’s general role in the Syrian conflict.
As the city of Afrin has been occupied by Turkey-backed oppositional militias since the launching of Turkey’s military offensive „Operation Olive Branch“ in 2018, the city’s inherent residents have vastly fled their homes with the increasing occurrence of heinous human rights violations and war crimes.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the most recent entry of the Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham, an internationally classified terrorist organization, into the Mahmudiyya neighborhood in Afrin was now officially confirmed, after the „Syrian Front“ had withdrawn from the area and relocated to Azaz, situated in the North of Aleppo.
According to the latest news and updates, provided by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the militants of the Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham stormed the city and instantly commend to completely take control of it, following its most recent involvement in violent clashes that erupted a few days ago with the oppositional „Hamza Division“, which had resulted in the assassination of media activist „Abu Ghanoom“.
In addition, Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham also attacked several areas in the North of the Idlib governorate and the Western countryside of Aleppo, amid the continuation of the violent clashes between several oppositional militias, which further contributes to the region’s constant destabilization as the cases of killings, kidnappings and torture are alarmingly increasing, prompting many residents to flee the area and seek refuge somewhere else.
Thus, the fate of the remaining residents inside Afrin remains unknown with the seizure of control by a new organization, backed and financed by Turkey and internationally recognized as a notorious terrorist organization.