Military personnel quoted by several media indicated that jihadist Abu Hamza the French, nicknamed “Al-Faransi,” was a member of the so-called Firqat al-Ghuraba, a division of foreigners in Spanish, that currently fights under the Front for the Liberation of the Levant, with extremist ideology.

The Division of Foreign terrorists organization was founded in 2013, and most of its members come from France, Belgium, and some African countries. Its leader is Omar Diaby, a French national of Senegalese descent.

Syria’s national army managed to liberate 56 percent of Idlib during its operations in 2020 and the jihadists still control the rest, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are held as human shields.

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