Cafes Can’t Play Music, but the Water Taps Work: Life Under Syria’s Rebels
The Islamists who now lead Syria have ruled the city of Idlib for years. Residents say they imposed some strict laws, but ...
Islamist group running Syria has mixed record over governance in province, ruled with 'iron fist'
Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, governed Syria's Idlib province with a mix of repression and pragmatism.
How Will the Rebels Rule Syria? Their Past Offers Clues.
The Islamist rebels who ousted Syria’s dictator ran a pragmatic and disciplined administration in the territory they ...
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Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad
After distancing itself from Al Qaeda, the militia spent years trying out an administration in Idlib province that set it ...
Can Syria’s Islamist rebels govern the country? Their rule in Idlib offers clues
How the rebels governed Idlib offers insight into how they might rule Syria. Experts and residents of Idlib describe their ...
Life under Syria’s rebels
The rebel group has ruled Idlib with an authoritarian hand, imprisoning and torturing some critics, according to residents ...
How will Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rule Syria? Its past offers clues
The Islamist rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad ran a pragmatic and disciplined administration in the territory they ...
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Syrians on a shopping spree in former rebel stronghold
Crowds of visitors wander brilliantly lit shopping aisles, stunned by the abundance of goods on offer in the heart of the former rebel stronghold in northwest Syria. Dana, near Sarmada in Idlib ...
Anadolu Ajansi10d
EU cites its success in HTS-controlled Idlib to bolster aid delivery in Syria
The EU stands with all Syrians. All Syrians deserve peace after decades of war and violence,' says European commissioner for ...
Syria's rebel leaders say they've broken with their jihadist past - can they be trusted?
Last week, while touring Damascus, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) was ...
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For now in Syria, there is excitement – and a bit of apprehension – about what comes next
That is because of an agreement the owner had to sign with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that has ruled for years in much of Idlib province, in northwestern Syria, and which now ...