On October 28, HTS arrested two men after storming the village of Deir Hassan, for their part in a discussion regarding the fighting in Latakia.[8] On the same day, a security official of HTS, who took part in anti-ISIL operations in the region, was shot dead in Maarrat Misrin by unknown gunmen.[9] Also, a Palestinian member of the al-Sham corps was killed in an IED blast in Binnish city.[10]