The HTS leader played a pivotal role in the 13-day offensive that toppled Assad’s regime, cementing his place as Syria’s most ...
In 2011, Baghdadi sent Jolani to Syria with funding to establish al-Nusra Front, a covert faction tied to ISI. By 2012, Nusra ...
In 2013, UN Resolution 2254 designated HTS’s precursor, the al-Nusra Front, a terrorist organization, as did the US, because of its affiliation with al-Qaeda. In 2018, Washington designated the ...
Golani is leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel faction, formerly known as the Nusra Front and designated a ...
Al-Golani’s prominence grew when al-Baghdadi sent him to Syria to establish a branch of al-Qaida called the Nusra Front. The ...
The new leader of Syria has transformed from a wanted terrorist to a polished political leader. It’s an evolution that could ...
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi briefed the Armed Forces, police, provincial governors, and media officials on Egypt’s ...
HTS is an outgrowth of Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, the Al Nusra Front. Its leader, Abu Mohammad al Julani, is not only the former emir of the Al Nusra Front but also a former lieutenant of ISIS.
A sudden stormy rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - a designated terrorist organisation by the US-led Western bloc - ended a 13-year-long civil war, compelling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to flee ...