ALEPPO, Syria — In the first week of September, the town of Atarib in the western Aleppo countryside and the camps for the internally displaced in northern Idlib witnessed large-scale protests staged by Hizb ut-Tahrir (Syria branch), a jihadist party, against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls large parts of Idlib province in northwestern Syria.
The protests were triggered by HTS’ arrest of prominent officials from Hizb ut-Tahrir, including media office member Nasser Abdel-Hay.
