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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham cracks down on Assad supporters in Idlib

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham carried out a spate of arrests in several areas under its control in Idlib, targeting pro-Syrian government individuals who supported President Bashar al-Assad in the recent presidential elections, as well as members of the Islamic State.
anti-Assad reelection protest in Idlib

IDLIB, Syria — The General Security Service affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — which is designated as a terrorist group by the United States — announced in a May 30 tweet that the service’s Executive Force launched a security campaign May 29 against what it described as “the collaborators and supporters of the criminal [Syrian] regime” and several suspects in the cities of Salqin and Jisr al-Shughur in their respective countrysides.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's security apparatus distributed photos in the area showing “the members of the Executive Force deployed as part of the crackdown on wanted people and suspects in the city of Jisr al-Shughur and its countryside.”

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