Syria: Clashes between Islamic State (IS) and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib province
The Daesh group has seized territory in Syria’s Idlib province after clashes with rival militants, a monitor said Friday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Daesh had captured the village of Bashkun after clashes with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a force dominated by a former Al-Qaeda affiliate.
The capture comes after days of fighting between Daesh and HTS in neighboring Hama province, during which Daesh captured a string of villages in the northeast of the region, the SOHR said.
The capture of Bashkun puts Daesh back in Idlib nearly four years after it was first expelled from the province in northwestern Syria after battles with rival militant groups.