Despite assurances from pro ‘rebel’ lobby groups in the West, all is not well in the second Islamic State of Idlib in Syria.
Disenchanted jihadis are currently embroiled in in-fighting, as various factions compete with each other to hoard aid and supplies sent to them by western NATO member states and Gulf monarchies, increasingly desperate to sustain their grip on Syria’s terrorist-occupied northern province.
Experts believe that tension is now mounting among the competing NATO and Gulf-backed terrorist factions ahead of an impending offensive by the Syrian Army.
According to military analysts at South Front, clueless jihadis, “did not even bother to organize defensive structures and establish logistics for the supply of weapons to the front. He noted that the millions of dollars that the HTS had for rearmament simply disappeared.”
Apparently, the real trouble began during the Syrian Army’s recent offensive in neighboring Hama province, when inept terrorist commanders had lost many of their experienced jihadi fighters who were forced to fight on the front lines, where many were wiped out. To matters worse, hundreds of terrorist fighters simply refused to participate in the war due to the fact that US-backed terrorists, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), did not pay their foot soldier a high enough salary, causing dissension in the ranks.
INFIGHTING: In September, frustrated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham field commander, Abu Abd al-Ashda, announced he was leaving the group due to ‘corruption’ and rampant hoarding by greedy jihadis on the make (Image: South Front)
Now rival terrorists fighting groups are looting Idlib’s remaining infrastructure, looking for copper wiring, metals, and other parts – which they can sell for quick cash over the border in Turkey. The result has been a steady collapse of any remaining cohesion in Syria’s last major remaining terrorist enclave.