The new leader of Syria has transformed from a wanted terrorist to a polished political leader. It’s an evolution that could ...

Jolanis journey has been fascinating. But whats been even more telling is the trajectory of US foreign policy. Lessons from ...

Supporting Assad, himself an Alawite, was a matter not of loyalty or politics for this community, the regime insisted, but of ...

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

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad raises critical questions about the future of Syria and who speaks for its people. Here's what we know about Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its leader, Abu Mohammad ...

Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque, the broad and bearded Abu Mohammad al-Jolani declared ...

As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction ...

“The regime will never stop except by the power of Allah and the power of weapons,” al-Nusra said in February 2012 in a video message, justifying its suicide bombings. He established Jabhat al ...

HTS began in 2011 as Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda affiliate, and was known for its effectiveness and brutality. “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” translates to "Organisation for the Liberation of the ...

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 ...

That offshoot became the Al Nusra front. In around 2015, he broke with Al Nusra, and within two years founded Hayat Tahrir Al ...

Syrian rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad and he had fled ...