Written by Khaled Iskef
Locals of Al-Bab town in northeastern Aleppo countryside held demonstrations in support of the dismissal’s decision against the Turkish-linked faction “Sultan Sulaiman Shah” leader, Mohammad al-Jasem, also known as “Abu-Amshah”.
A local source said the protesters raised placards with slogans demanding to put into practice the tripartite committee decision, which investigated the violations made by “Abu-Amshah” and his faction, and decided to dismiss him from his position and to not designate him any other position later.
The source added that the protest took place after the decision’s announcement of the inquiry committee, which was appointed by Azem operations room’s factions to investigate “Amshiat” crimes and violations, especially in “al-Sheikh Hadid” area in Afrin countryside, northern Aleppo.
Azem factions, in turn, supported the resolution of the committee, while “Abu-Amshah” and his faction did not comment on that decision amid questions about the destiny of the faction and its leaders, who have always been involved in violations against locals.
The source notified that it is likely Ankara would abandon “Abu-Amshah” due to his violations, knowing that all the Turkish-linked factions make similar violations in northern Syria. The source notified that the dismissal decision included “Abu-Amshah” and his two brothers, “Waleed al-Jasem” and “Malek al-Jasem”, in addition to other leaders like “Ahmad Khouja”, “Amer al-Mohammad”, and “Hasan al-Sattouf”.
On another axis, violent clashes between two Turkish-linked factions sparked out on Saturday morning due to disagreement on the distribution of the returns of the tolls imposed on commercial trucks and civilian cars passage through the militants’ checkpoints in Aleppo’s Northern region.
The sources clarified that the clashes between militants of “Sultan Murad Division” on the one hand, and “Division 51” militants on the other broke out at “Bara’an” village checkpoint north of Aleppo.
The source noted that the fighting resulted in wounding 10 militants from both parties that made the so-called “military police”, which are also supported by Turkey who is attempting to interfere and end the conflict after deploying patrols on the confrontation scene, threatening both parties with arrest if they don’t withdraw to their headquarters.
The fighting between these two factions reflects the security deterioration blowing the various areas controlled by Ankara-linked factions, especially concerning the disputes over the return of tolls and thefts that come to light every now and then.
Resulting from the numerous disputes taking place between the armed factions, Turkey’s attempts to support these groups become more apparent when dissolving and merging them under one administration – either by assassinating some leaders or by attempting to constitute new military formations by merging them under the “The National Army” umbrella, which Turkey seeks to bind with the al-Nusra Front organization, still classified in the international terrorism organization list.
We see the Turks are not able to make any sober structure for anybodies future there. They might not care as long as they have this as a buffer zone.
The Jihadists not even try to make something better. Religion is made as powertool to support weapons. They are driven by warlords.
And why are there those tolls at all. The need in the Jihadist area is any kind of production and no service like this.
These groups are Sunni jihadists. The Wahhabis are in Idlib and the Shia jihadists in eastern Syria.
We need to remember that the same thing happened in Iraq with the Shia militants. Badr organization against the Mahdi army.