The fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has left a critical question: after a half-century of brutal dynastic rule has come to an end, who speaks for Syrians now? One group staking a major ...
The fall of President Bashar al-Assad has raised critical questions about the future of Syria and who speaks for its people. One group aiming for that role is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which ...
Syrian Islamist opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS) and officials from the now-overthrown Assadist government appointed Mohammed al-Bashir to form a transitional government, Arab media ...
Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani, whose group was central to the lightning offensive that toppled decades of dictatorship in Syria this weekend, has spent years trying to distance himself from ...
A surprise push by rebels has toppled it more than a decade after an uprising first challenged President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power. He’s fled the country for Russia. What comes next ...
Al-Qaeda accused Jolani of betrayal, leading to defections and the formation of Hurras al-Din, a new al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, which HTS later crushed in 2020. Members of Hurras al-Din ...
The collapse of Assad's government came after a coalition of opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a surprise offensive, seizing control of major cities like Aleppo, Hama ...
A jihadist and an extremist? Or a new face of a modern and tolerant Syria? Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose insurgency toppled President Bashar Assad, has long pursued a political ...
According to CSIS, in Idlib, he has sought partnerships with other armed opposition groups, such as Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki, Liwa al-Haqq, and Jaysh al-Sunna, while avoiding former allies like ...
Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged his country Thursday to stay out of the fighting in neighbouring Syria triggered by a lightning rebel offensive launched last week. Sadr stressed in ...