Ahmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in his late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become the ...

A day earlier Mr. Trump announced his decision to remove all American sanctions that have been imposed on Syria and its former president, Bashar Assad, for his role in supporting terrorism. His ...

Hence the al-Joulani handle: “Of the Golan.” He caught the Jihad fever in Iraq, where he became a favorite of the ISIS “Caliph,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Proving adept at killing Americans, he then moved ...

The leader of the Syrian rebel alliance, Abu Mohamed al-Joulani, has said that their goal is to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and form a new government. "The seeds of the regime’s ...

Al Joulani, the rebel leader who took over Syria, has had a sulphurous career, to say the least. Today, he tries to appear moderate, yet he's one of the world's most wanted jihadists. The HTS ...