Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict

Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict
	Part of the inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
	; Situation in Aleppo Governorate and Idlib Governorate on 18 April 2018. Tahrir al-Sham and allies control Syrian Liberation Front and allies control Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army control Syrian Army control SDF control Syrian Army & SDF control
Date	19 February – 24 April 2018; (2 months and 5 days)
Location	Aleppo Governorate and Idlib Governorate, Syria
Result	Indecisive Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) controls nearly 70 percent of Idlib province, including the Turkish border, as well as areas of western Aleppo; SLF and the Suqour al-Sham Brigades capture many cities, towns and villages from Tahrir al-Sham;
Belligerents
Syrian Liberation Front; Suqour al-Sham Brigades; Sham Legion	Tahrir al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Hassan Soufan; (SLF general commander); Inad Darwaish (Ahrar al-Sham military commander) Khaled Omar Abu al-Yaman Abu Walid al-Homsi †; (prominent commander of Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement); Naif Hamatu †; Abu Turab al-Masri †	Abu Mohammad al-Julani; Abu Abdullah al-Iraqi; (Aleppo sector leader); Fawaz al-Asfar †; Abu Abdul Rahman al-Maghrebi (MIA); Abu Ahed Taqiqa †; Abu Ouways al-Maghrbi †; Abu al-Yaman al-Ansari †; Bashir al-Shahnah †
Units involved
Syrian Liberation Front Ahrar al-Sham Revolutionaries of Atarib; Army of Mujahideen Atarib Martyrs Brigade; ; ; Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement Levant Revolutionaries Battalions; ; ;	Unknown
Strength
1,000 fighters	1,500 fighters; 30 tanks
Casualties and losses
174–225 killed	231–750 killed
	26 civilians killed

On 19 February 2018, heavy clashes erupted between the newly established Syrian Liberation Front, which consists of Ahrar al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, backed by the Suqour al-Sham Brigades, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the western Aleppo Governorate. The conflict soon spread to the Idlib Governorate and the SLF captured several towns from HTS. A ceasefire between the two groups was reached on 24 April 2018. Fighting again resumed on 1 January 2019, ending with a total HTS military victory on 9 January.