Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict
conflict
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict ensued in late October 2014, during the Syrian Civil War, in Idlib and Aleppo governorates, during which Al-Nusra Front attempted to establish an Islamic emirate to rival that of IS. Despite this, al-Nusra Front and Free Syrian Army factions continued to cooperate in the southern Syrian governorates of Quneitra and Daraa.
Background
Before the clashes, there were already tensions between Jabhat Al-Nusra and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front. 100 members of the latter had been killed by Al-Nusra during clashes in July 2014. After that, Nusra launched the 2014 Idlib city raid, which resulted in a failure. They blamed the Syrian Revolutionaries Front for the failure, because, according to Al-Nusra, the SRF stabbed them in the back. Then, they launched the offensive. However, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the clashes between the two sides already started the day before the raid.
Conflict
Zawiya Mountain offensive (October–November 2014)
The clashes between the two sides erupted on 26 October 2014, with conflicting information about the reason. Between 27 and 28 October, the Al-Nusra Front attacked the SRF and took over the towns and villages of Balyon, Kesafra, Eblin, Ebdita, Mashon, Maghara and Maghara as well as four of their checkpoints near Maarrat Al-Nu'man. "This has happened before and we came through it.
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