🇸🇾🇸🇾‼️ Tensions continue between Al‑Jolani’s government and foreign militants in Idlib

🔺 On Tuesday, the internal security forces of Al‑Jolani’s government raided the town of Kafriya in Idlib and arrested a field commander of the Turkistan Islamic Party. Following this action, protesting gatherings by foreign militants began against Al‑Jolani’s government.

🔺 As tensions escalated, the security forces of Al‑Jolani’s government launched an operation in the areas of Foua, Kafriya, and Binnish, during which 16 foreign militants were arrested. Some of these operations involved limited armed clashes between the two sides.

❗️This security operation has caused widespread reverberations among the militants and has sounded the alarm for thousands of foreign fighters stationed in Idlib. Estimates indicate that about 1,500 Uzbek militants and their families are still living in northwestern Syria.

✍️ These actions indicate a strategic shift by Al‑Jolani’s government regarding foreign militants. It seems that the new Syrian government, which was helped to power by these very foreign militants, is now trying to present a different image to Western countries. Resolving the issue of foreign militants has been a key condition raised by Western states, especially Washington, towards Al‑Jolani’s government at various times.

➡️ In this regard, a source close to Al‑Jolani’s government stated that the Damascus government no longer tolerates the presence of autonomous armed groups and seeks a monopoly on power.

👉 This situation has created deep mistrust among the militants. It is said that if these tensions continue, foreign militants might even be willing to cooperate with the terrorist group ISIS, which remains active in some Syrian areas, in order to confront Damascus.

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