Advanced ISIS and NATO's New Project in the Region/ Tahrir al-Sham Terrorist Group and Regional Battle Against the Resistance Axis
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Yesterday, hours after the announcement of the ceasefire between the Zionist regime and Lebanon, the Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group launched a major operation to attack Aleppo in northern Syria, which, according to observations, is considered the largest clashes in the western suburbs of this province since 2016 (Operation Aleppo Liberation).
The Tahrir al-Sham group, which has now become the most important Takfiri terrorist group in northern Syria, and many other groups such as "Suqur al-Sham", "Jaish al-Shamal", "Islamic Party of Turkestan", "Ajnad al-Qaqaza", "Katibah al-Rahman" and "Jaish al-Izza" that have entered into an alliance with this group, have taken over the center of gravity of today's operation.
Tahrir al-Sham had begun extensive movements around the city of Aleppo several months ago, and numerous reports of the presence of terrorists in this area had been published in local and regional media. As a result of these movements, the Syrian army transferred some of its armored units to northern Syria and the western outskirts of Aleppo a month ago.
In addition, the Russian army, in coordination with the Damascus authorities, had bombed Tahrir al-Sham's military headquarters and fortifications in the areas surrounding Aleppo during this period.
The Tahrir al-Sham group is actually an updated version of Al-Qaeda in Syria, which changed its name to “Jabhat al-Nusra” after the start of the civil war in the country. To remove the Al-Qaeda label, the group chose the title of Tahrir al-Sham Committee for itself. The leader of this group, Muhammad al-Julani, is currently in Idlib. Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Storm and Hezbollah’s entry into confrontation with the Zionist regime in support of Sunni Muslims in Palestine, Tahrir al-Sham has assessed that an opportunity has been provided to return to Aleppo because Hezbollah and resistance forces are now engaged in the southern Lebanese front and space has been provided for terrorists to maneuver on Syrian soil.
This attack began while the Damascus government had begun negotiations with Ankara about a year ago in order to restore relations and distance Turkey from the axis of cooperation with terrorists. Tahrir al-Sham was the most important opponent of the Damascus-Ankara negotiations process, which were pursued with Russian mediation. In this regard, the clashes had intensified significantly in the Idlib and Aleppo suburbs over the past 6 months, but the city of Aleppo had remained somewhat immune to these clashes.
From the perspective of the United States and the Zionist regime, these terrorist movements can be exploited in the regional battle against the axis of resistance; because they occupy at least part of the strength of the resistance front, especially in Syria, on the fronts of conflict in northern Syria. In recent months, Syria has become the new staging area for NATO's battle with Ukraine, and Tahrir al-Sham terrorists have been equipped with drones with the help of Ukrainian intelligence elements, and there are even reports that indicate that three months ago, workshops for the manufacture of anti-personnel drones were established by Ukrainians in Idlib to be used in the upcoming battle against the Syrian army and Russian military forces.
This shows that NATO pays special attention to the Syrian crisis in its regional files with Russia and Iran. Meanwhile, reports have been published about the presence of French forces in bases in northeastern Syria along with American forces, which shows that the Syrian crisis file has been seriously brought back to the table in order to increase pressure on Moscow.
What is more interesting is that the presence and activity of terrorist groups in Syria, with the participation of forces from Central Asian countries, has increased significantly, to the point that one of the main groups active in the recent Tahrir al-Sham operation is the so-called Islamic Party of Turkestan, whose forces were transferred to Syria from the Uyghur region of China.
This clearly shows the extent to which the current chessboard in Syria is linked to international developments, and as a result, the current developments in Syria cannot be evaluated solely from a domestic perspective. It seems that the recent developments in Aleppo are a new stage in America's multifaceted battle to confront the axis of resistance in the geopolitical environment of West Asia, so that by establishing a 60-day ceasefire in southern Lebanon, the axis of resistance will not be provided with the necessary opportunity to recover human capacity and organize forces.