The rebel group has been accused of major human rights violations, particularly involving its capture of the town of Buthidaung in mid-May, when it was accused of forcing an estimated 200,000 ...
He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance. It’s a journey along which he has had plenty ...
Foreign countries have nothing to fear from Syria after Bashar al Assad's regime was overthrown, the leader of the rebel group that ousted the previous government has told Sky News. In his first ...
Rebel fighters can also be seen brandishing the three-starred flag of independence. Following our earlier post on Deir al-Zour in north-eastern Syria, we've been mapping the progress of rebel ...
Image: Abu Mohammad al Jolani at the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus It went through several name changes, eventually settling on HTS, and becoming the strongest anti-Assad rebel group around the ...
Courtney Kube Reporting from WASHINGTON The Biden administration is exploring removing the foreign terrorist designation for HTS, the most powerful of the rebel groups that unseated Assad ...
The Russian president is also said to be furious that his intelligence agents in Syria did not predict the speed and scale of the rebel advance on Damascus. The reputation of Moscow’s once ...
HTS and allied rebel factions seized control of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday after years of civil war. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the home secretary may proscribe an organisation if ...
Syria’s rebel leader has declared a “historic” victory from a landmark mosque in Damascus, marking a major turning point in the country’s conflict. The Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led ...