Over the weekend, many watched in horror as reports poured out of Syria detailing the slaughter of Christians and other ...

Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, could be a stabilizing force in Syria, they would have been dismissed as naïve, possibly ...

The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...

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As mentioned above, Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS’s precursor organization, was formed in Syria in 2011 as al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the opposition to the Assad regime. Nusra’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani ...

Even after allegedly cutting ties with Al- Qaeda in 2016, al-Jolani and his group, HTS, continue to adhere to the Salafist jihadist ideology that is shared by both Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Therefore ...

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to ...

Syrian self-proclaimed interim President Abu Muhammad Al Jolani also know Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Cairo to attend ...

As the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Jolani's roots in Al-Qaeda and history of terrorism made him an unlikely candidate for regional partnership. Yet today, with Jolani's ascendancy after ...