JSHint Invalid Regular expression error

Question

I'm using JSHint as Javascript Linter and when executing it I get a "Invalid Regular expression error", the part of the code where I get the error is this:

var regexArray = [
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>iframe)[^>]*src=(\"|\')(?<src>[^\'\" ]*)\2[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>(?:div|span))(?=[^>]*(?:class)=(\"|\')[^\'\"]*embed[^\'\"]*\2)(?=[^>]*(?:data-)?(?:src|source|url)=(\"|\')(?<src>[^\'\" ]*)\3)[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>div)[^>]*id=\"fb-root\"(?<src>[^\'\" ]*)\2[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>div)[^>]*class=\"fb-post\"(?<class>[^\'\" ]*)\2[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1><\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>script)>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>script)[^>]*src=(\"|\')(?<src>[^\'\" ]*)\2[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/),
    new RegExp(/<(?<tag>div)[^>]*class=(\"|\')(?<class>[pb_feed]*)\2[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/)
]

It points the error after the character > in the tag capture group. I already tested these regex in regex testers like regex 101 and they work as expected. I'm not sure what I might be missing. Thanks in advance for your help.

Note: it’s unnecessary to pass regular expression literals to `new RegExp`. `new RegExp(/a/)` is equivalent to `/a/`. — Ry-, Jun 01 '18 at 18:28
"The part"? There's a half-dozen long regexes--how about narrowing it down to just the regexes that have problems? — Dave Newton, Jun 01 '18 at 18:30
The issue is the named capture groups; support for them is very new in JavaScript. https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es2016plus/#test-RegExp_named_capture_groups (This table seems a little dated, too; Firefox has disabled them again.) — Ry-, Jun 01 '18 at 18:31
Hi Daniel, I'm just trying to detect these containers and remove them based on some conditions. — Juan Jose Polanco Arias, Jun 01 '18 at 18:31
[Tony the pony he comes](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/438992) — Dave Newton, Jun 01 '18 at 18:33
Possible duplicate of [RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags) — Karmic Coder, Jun 01 '18 at 21:08
@JuanJosePolancoArias Do them one at a time until one blows up. — johnny, Jun 01 '18 at 21:37

JSHint Invalid Regular expression error

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