Having condemned arrest campaigns | “Imam” affiliated with “Islamic Party of Liberation” kidnapped by members of HTS-backed General Security Service

Idlib province: SOHR sources have reported that members of the HTS-backed General Security Service kidnapped an “Imam” (a preacher in mosques) affiliated with the “Islamic Party of Liberation” in Al-Zouf village in Jisr Al-Shughour in western Idlib. The Imam was taken to an area outside the village, where he was beaten and verbally abused by the general security members for “undermining and criticising Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the affiliated General Security Service over the latest arrest campaigns and raids which targeted members of the “Islamic Party of Liberation” in Idlib countryside.

According to SOHR sources, the kidnappers threatened to kill the Imam, if he gave speeches and sermon at mosques again, before setting him free.

On May 9, SOHR sources reported that patrols of the General Security of HTS stormed Deir Hassan village, that is considered the most major position for Hizb Al-Tahrir, following the latest events witnessed in the region, where members of the General Security Service launched arbitrary arrest campaigns against four civilians including a child, who confronted members of HTS after the members arrested his relatives, amid breaking down doors of houses and intimidating children and women.