Even as HTS forces are pulling out of north eastern Syria after Turkish intervention, the people of Azaz Syria continue to demonstrate their dislike and non-acceptance of any collaberation with HTS leader Abu Muhammad Jolani. This comes just after the first Russian air strikes rocked the outskirts of the Afrin countryside for the first time since falling into rebel hands in 2019. The people are blaming Abu Muhammad Jolani for bringing additional hardship on the people due to his being listed as a proscribed terrorist.