Tahrir al-Sham about to collapse in Idlib after being defeated in Aleppo

The armed Syrian
factions have faced great defeats, especially Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led by
Abu Mohammad al-Julani, which held the greatest weight in northern Syria. The
attempt to dissolve HTS comes as a new chapter in the Syrian conflict,
specifically among the armed factions that left the city of Aleppo, which has
again returned to the hands of the Syrian army, in an attempt to reduce the
impact of the war on them and start a new project, or to melt into another
strong faction supported by Ankara.

Dissolution
After the defeats it
suffered, the terrorist group HTS withdrew its heavy weaponry from its
warehouses in Idlib and evacuated the area as a prelude to announcing its
dissolution. Leaders close to the group asserted that announcing the
dissolution of HTS is a powerful matter, but the decision is unlikely to be
taken at the present time and does not mean them leaving or giving up their
weapons. Rather, it will enter into a new project or melt with another existing
faction, most likely the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation.
Regarding HTS’s
intention to dissolve itself, the British-Arab newspaper Levant News reported
that the decision appears to be according to “strict” Turkish instructions,
with the aim of ending the most militant faction operating in northern Syria.
Syrian researcher Abbas
Sharifa said that the decision to dissolve HTS has no meaning or significant
impact, noting that the group’s own leaders were behind the rumor.
Sharifa added that HTS
wants to test the pulse of the concerned countries and to wait for offers and
bargains regarding its decision dissolve, seeking to ensure a new
organizational appearance and preserve the group’s interests, especially with
regard to the investments and funds under its control at the exchange market in
Sarmada, as well as to ensure they are not held accountable or targeted.
HTS’s leadership
realizes that it is completely finished, Sharifa said, emphasizing that the
media appearance of Julani and others is only an attempt to deny reality and
revive itself before dying, in addition to sending a message of reassurance to
the followers who started abandoning the group after losing areas from which
HTS withdrew in a coordinated manner, sometimes even without convincing
battles.
On the other hand,
Turkish journalist Memat Sabri Ugurash, who is close to Turkish intelligence,
confirmed that there were strict orders from the Turkish side to dissolve HTS,
noting that there have been extensive meetings in this regard, which is
considered a positive step.

Denial for reassurane
Although HTS withdrew
from some areas and left some heavy equipment, the group also sent messages of
reassurance to its supporters. Taqi al-Din Omar, the communications director
for HTS, came out to deny the current news about the group’s dissolution.
“There is no proposal related to the dissolution of one of the revolutionary
factions. These tricks no longer fool anyone. There is no proposal related to
the dissolution of HTS or any other faction,” he said in a statement.
Omar added that they are
working to increase coordination among the factions to gather their energies in
one body and under one command, according to the opposition Eldorar Alshamia
news network.