A large protest against al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took place at the al-Ghazzawiyya crossing that links Greater Idlib with the Turkish-occupied area of Afrin.
Hundreds of civilians gathered near al-Ghazzawiyya in the morning of April 23 to condemn the group’s management of the vital crossing.
“The al-Ghazawiya crossing in western Aleppo witnessed a protests by civilians from the villages of the western countryside of Aleppo and Idlib as a result of HTS’ practices, which is blackmailing the people by taking taxes from the poor and displaced moving back and forth,” Abu Mujahid al-Halabi, an activist, wrote on Twitter.
The activist also shared a video of the protest showing the locals chanting “Syria is free, free … al-Julani [HTS’ general commander] get out.”
احتجاجات من قبل المدنيين من قرى ريف حلب الغربي وادلب في معبر الغزاوية غربي حلب نتيجة ممارسات الهيئة وابتزاز الناس باخذ الضرائب من الفقراء والنازحين ذهابا وايابا https://t.co/L40CigHkdc pic.twitter.com/uKrvjGi080
— M . Talha |أبو مجاهد الحلبي (@mahmoodtalha22) April 23, 2020
Last month, HTS’ government closed all crossings with the Turkish-occupied areas under the pretext of preventing the COVID-19 outbreak. Within the next few weeks, all the crossings were reopened. Nevertheless, the group implemented strict limitations that angered the locals.
HTS faced a similar backlash last week when it decided to open a crossing with government-held areas near the city of Saraqib in south Idlib.
The terrorist group maintains a tight grip on Greater Idlib’s crossings as well as smuggling routes. Transportation’s fees and trafficking form a large part of the group’s income.
The MSN just need to splice in a Syrian flag and some SAA troops to show the locals rebelling against the dictatorial Assad regime demanding freedom and justice and then show that to the sheep so they can justify the increased support given to the democratic freedom and peace loving HTS .
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