(Zaman Al Wasl)- Twelve rebel factions operating in southern Daraa province, in statement issued on Sunday, said it will fight al-Muthanna Islamic Movement over its mounting violations.
Early Sunday, al-Muthanna movement attacked a rebel checkpoint in the border town of Nasib in the eastern countryside of Daraa, leaving 4 people fighters dead.
The statement said fighting the movement is a must after its mounting violations and crimes against Muslims, dubbing the movement as a 'wanton enemy.'
Al-Muthanna movement had made numerous violations and assaults such as arbitrary arrests and cutting rebels supply route to Sheikh Miskeen and blocking roads, activists and rebel groups said.
Jaysh al-Yarmou, key unit of Free Syrian Army, said Friday that controlling the bases of Al-Muthanna Islamic Movement came in implementation of the Justice House decision and not to sow discord and sedition.
The House of Justice, main Shariah body in Daraa, orderd last week to confiscate bases of the movement in Sidon and Kahil towns in the eastern countryside.
Rebels have accused the movement of kidnapping Ya'qub al-Ammar early January, head of Daraa governorate council.
Al-Muthanna movement has refused an initiative by fellow rebel groups to end the tension by freeing al-Ammar and holding involved fighters to accountability.
On Friday, the movement fighters freed Sheikh Khaled Zein al Abedin, head of Ahel Horan association after one day of abduction.
Most of Daraa province is controlled by opposition forces, though the government holds parts of the provincial capital and a few villages in the northwest of the province.
Daraa is often dubbed the "cradle" of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad that began with protests in March 2011.
Early Sunday, al-Muthanna movement attacked a rebel checkpoint in the border town of Nasib in the eastern countryside of Daraa, leaving 4 people fighters dead.
The statement said fighting the movement is a must after its mounting violations and crimes against Muslims, dubbing the movement as a 'wanton enemy.'
Al-Muthanna movement had made numerous violations and assaults such as arbitrary arrests and cutting rebels supply route to Sheikh Miskeen and blocking roads, activists and rebel groups said.
Jaysh al-Yarmou, key unit of Free Syrian Army, said Friday that controlling the bases of Al-Muthanna Islamic Movement came in implementation of the Justice House decision and not to sow discord and sedition.
The House of Justice, main Shariah body in Daraa, orderd last week to confiscate bases of the movement in Sidon and Kahil towns in the eastern countryside.
Rebels have accused the movement of kidnapping Ya'qub al-Ammar early January, head of Daraa governorate council.
Al-Muthanna movement has refused an initiative by fellow rebel groups to end the tension by freeing al-Ammar and holding involved fighters to accountability.
On Friday, the movement fighters freed Sheikh Khaled Zein al Abedin, head of Ahel Horan association after one day of abduction.
Most of Daraa province is controlled by opposition forces, though the government holds parts of the provincial capital and a few villages in the northwest of the province.
Daraa is often dubbed the "cradle" of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad that began with protests in March 2011.
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