The victim was the Syrian people

 Orontes River:

 'When some criticize HTS, they do so on legitimate basis, for mistakes and transgressions of HTS. But there are others who do so because their "business shops/stores" got closed down. For many years, so many groups and their leadership made fortunes at the expense of the Syrian people. This is a well known fact, especially in Aleppo but elsewhere as well. Some groups would put their number of fighters at thousands, when in reality they only had a few hundred, receiving "aid" and weaponry from foreign donors, and selling them to various parties inside Syria. Other groups made fortunes by controlled various routes, others by stealing aid meant for the people and selling It, and many others means. It was no coincidence that the Aleppo city fronts went silent for years enabling the regime to recapture their breathe until through Russian aid they recaptured the entire city. The victim was the Syrian people, and they continue to be.'