ALEPPO, Syria — The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-affiliated (HTS) Salvation Government continues its attempts to dominate and acquire the different advertising companies and other vital sectors in its areas of control in Idlib in northwestern Syria, through its affiliated directorates and ministries and through emerging companies in various sectors led by parties close to HTS.
On Nov. 9, the Idlib City Council of the Ministry of Local Administration and Services in the Salvation Government issued a decision to remove all signs from public roads. The decision required all of those with signs posted on electricity poles along the public road between al-Mutanabi roundabout and al-Koura roundabout in the center of Idlib city to remove all advertising boards within a week in order to start the process of lighting public roads. The electricity poles are used to carry power lines as well as to mount street lights.
