In a video footage published on Telegram, the leader of terrorist militant group refused to withdraw from the buffer zone and said, “How could we leave our stationing points that were captured with the efforts of young men?”

Abulyakathan also considered the withdrawal from the buffer zone as a retreat to Khan Shaikhoun Town in the south, Suraqib in the east and Jisr al-Shaghour in the west. Furthermore, he revealed that the establishing of a buffer zone means ending the fighting in the area.

Tahrir al-Sham is abbreviated as HTS, is a terror Salafist militant group deployed in Syrian Idlib city. The group was formed on 28 January 2017 as a merger between Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front), the Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Sunna, Liwa al-Haqq, and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. After the announcement, additional groups and individuals joined. The merged group is currently led by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and former Ahrar al-Sham leaders.