Who are the Syrian rebels that have toppled Assad and taken ... - ABC News
Dec 8, 2024 · After a lightning 10-day offensive, rebel forces in Syria captured its capital, Damascus, and toppled the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Could UN sanctions on Syrian rebels HTS be removed?
1 day ago · The rebel group that led the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - has long been under United Nations sanctions, which the U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir ...
Syria live updates: Blinken says US made direct contact with ... - ABC News
5 days ago · A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2024.
Diminished Hezbollah is weaker by toppling of Bashar Assad | AP News
21 hours ago · Israel on Sunday moved troops into a demilitarized buffer zone with Syria by the Israel-held Golan Heights in what it called a temporary security measure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Assad’s fall a “historic day,” saying it was “the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad’s main supporters.”
Regime change in Syria raises fears for Kurds and the ISIS ... - NBC News
3 days ago · The takeover of Manbij, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — or HTS, which has roots in extremist Islamist movements — reflects the rapidly shifting situation across Syria, including for Kurdish forces.
Exclusive: Qatar opens contacts with Syria's HTS group, source …
5 days ago · Qatar's outreach to HTS follows a meeting hosted by the Qatari prime minister late on Saturday, which included foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as well as Syria's neighbours Turkey ...
What to know about Syria's 13-year civil war | AP News
Dec 2, 2024 · The U.S. and U.N. have long designated the opposition force leading the attack at Aleppo — Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, known by its initials HTS — as a terrorist organization. Abu Mohammed al-Golani emerged as the leader of al-Qaida’s Syria branch in 2011, in the first months of Syria’s war.
Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency …
6 days ago · A year later, his alliance rebranded again as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham -– meaning Organization for Liberating Syria -- as the groups merged, consolidating al-Golani’s power in northwest Syria’s Idlib province. HTS later clashed with independent Islamist militants who opposed the merger, further emboldening al-Golani and his group as the ...
Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian groups that took …
Dec 2, 2024 · HTS is largely self-funded and is understood to control the SSG, even announcing to the people of Aleppo that the various SSG ministers based in Idlib would now be serving Aleppo as well.
Who are the rebels who have toppled the regime in Syria? : NPR
Dec 2, 2024 · The group behind the lightning fast offensive across much of Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has held a consequential but checkered role in the country's more than 13 years of civil war. Middle ...