HARVESTING
THE SAHWAH
Following the crusader coalition’s announcement
that it had begun carrying out attacks on the lands
of the Muslims, the Sahwah factions of riddah
raced to offer their services to the crusaders and
their regional puppets. This included sending them
information on the locations of the mujāhidīn in
‘Ayn al-Islām, and likewise in Tall Mālid in the
northern Halab countryside, thereby serving as
the crusaders’ eyes on the ground.
This made the mujāhidīn all the more determined
to pay them back for their treacherous legacy,
which began long before the coalition even entered
the picture. The payback, as is often the case with
the soldiers of the Islamic State, would be brutal
and unexpected.
On the 18th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah, two
istishhādiyyīn, Jarrāh ash-Shāmī and Abū Bakr alKurdī, carried out attacks on the Sahwāt in the
northern Halab countryside, targeting important
locations in Māri’ and in Huwar Killis, where they
penetrated Sahwah positions belonging to the
Shāmiyyah Front1 and wrought havoc in their
midst. These attacks occurred during a meeting
1 See pages 7-11 of issue #8 to read about this Sahwah coalition and its alliance with the
Jawlānī front.
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of the Shāmiyyah Front with other factions –
including the Jawlānī front – to discuss expanding
their war against the Islamic State.
The operations succeeded in killing more than
80 Sahwah members and wounding dozens
more, with multiple Sahwah leaders amongst the
casualties. Shortly after, and possibly as a result of
the many dead leaders, the Shāmiyyah Front began
to break up, with some of its member factions
leaving to form competing coalitions. {You think
they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That
is because they are a people who do not reason}
[Al-Hashr: 14].
We ask Allah to accept our istishhādī brothers
amongst the shuhadā’.
The heroes of Wilāyat Halab
terrorize the Sahwāt