The New Arab looks at Anas Khattab, the 37-year-old head of Syria’s intelligence service appointed by Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The HTS leader played a pivotal role in the 13-day offensive that toppled Assad’s regime, cementing his place as Syria’s most ...

The HTS chief has evolved from jihadist leader to rebel statesman while fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

Upstairs, in the hospital lobby, Jebhat al-Nusra, as the Syrian al Qaeda franchise wished to be known, had improvised a not-entirely-fake city hall, in which they issued permits and tried to sort ...

leader of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), sent him back home to establish the Al-Nusra Front, a branch of Al Qaeda. But when Baghdadi called on Sharaa to merge Al-Nusra with the ISI and form ISIS ...

Assad's recent ouster, ethnic Syrian Alawites have found themselves increasingly anxious over the future under HTS rule, ...

In recent days, new leaders have come to town in Syria. The Assad Dynasty has crumbled, and its former high-rolling leader ...

Shibani, who was an active participant in the 2011 Syria uprising, was named as foreign minister in the new transitional ...

In 2011, Baghdadi sent Jolani to Syria with funding to establish al-Nusra Front, a covert faction tied to ISI. By 2012, Nusra had become a prominent Syrian fighting force, hiding its IS and al ...