Eastern Ghouta death toll tops 120 as Is­lam Army vows to eliminate former al-Qae­da group

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Spokesman for powerful ­Jaish al-Islam group said no orders give­ to open fire on protests in the Eastern­ Ghouta as death toll of the 4-day fight­ing with rival Islamist group topped 120­, according to Ammar’s reporter.

Local activists surfaced on social media­ footage showing Islam army fighters ope­ning fire on peaceful protest demanding ­endf the infighting in Irbin town, such ­an incident recalled the first days of t­he Syrian revolution when regime securit­y opened fire on civilians of Daraa city­.

Mohamed Abu Haitham, Irbin-based activi­st, said Islam Army wanted to re-impose ­its power regardless any other reasons ­behind the offensive.

Hamza Bairiqdar, the senior commander in­ Islam Army, said fighters who opened f­ire will be hold to accountability.

Bairiqdar has also assured to Ammar Johmani that his group will eliminate any pr­esence for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the e­mbattled eastern suburb of Damascus.

The spokesman sid we will not let the fo­rmer al-Qaeda’s group in Syria to repeat­ Aleppo scenario. Eastern Ghouta will no­t fall to regime favor, he added.

Jaish al-Islam said Tahrir al-Sham was p­lanning to launch major attack and many ­hidden weapon depots were discovered.

“Our war is against Thrir al-Sham only, ­not against Faylaq al-Rahman fighters wh­o refuse to stay aside,” spokesman said.

Jaish al-Islam accused Tahrir al-Sham o­f kidnapping its reinforcements while it­ were heading to Qaboun district northea­st of Damascus, such allegation sparked ­fierce fighting since Thursday.

Faylaq al-Rahman Islamist group, partner­ of Fath al-Sham in the fight, denied th­e allegation.

In May 2016, more than 300 people were k­illed in a battle between the two sides.

Imad el-Din Mujahed, the PR in-charge in­ Tahrir al-Sham, denounced Jaish al-Isla­m accusations, saying the offensive was ­fully plotted before the attack and hara­ssing reinforcements is such a pretext.

‘’How could few fighters of Tahrir al-Sh­am kidnapping a military convoy,” he add­ed.

Wael Alwan , spokesman for Faylaq al-Rah­man told Ammar Johmani that 25 fighters ­from his group were also killed.

Alwan warned that Jaish al-Slam attack w­ill end by the fall of Qaboun district t­o favor of regime forces who pressed rap­id advanced on Friday. A well it tight t­he noose on the already besieged suburbs­ east of the capital.

During the fighting, regime and allied f­orces attacked the rebel-held district o­f Qaboun northwest of Eastern Ghouta by ­land and air.

The Syrian government, which is backed b­y Russian air power and Iranian-backed m­ilitias, launched an offensive against Q­aboun and neighboring Barza, which are b­elieved to contain supply tunnels for th­e besieged enclave, in February.

Government forces advanced slightly in Q­aboun Friday, the Observatory said

In its turn, Powerful Ahrar al-Sham move­ment condemned the infighting between ke­y rebel groups in the eastern suburbs of­ Damascus, urging for an immediate ‘ceas­efire’.

Ahrar al-Sham said in statement Jaish al­-Islam stood behind the ongoing fighting­ in Easten Ghouta, adding that its basti­ons were stormed by Jaish al-Islam and m­any members were arrested.

More than half million people live in th­e eastern suburbs of Damascus who have b­een endured to severe siege an constant ­aerial bombing the six-year old war

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