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 ...
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 ...
Monday Briefing
The U.S. has been in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday — the first ...
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They Shocked Assad and the World. What Will They Do Next?
What comes next? HTS has proven competent, and at least so far — pragmatic. But an enormous amount of uncertainty lingers on ...
Fear of a reckoning simmers in Assad's Alawite heartland
The new Syrian flag, with its green instead of red stripe, and three red stars instead of two green, is commonplace on shop ...
Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy
Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s ...
Post-Assad Syria: How key global powers are embracing the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
The fall of Bashar al-Assad has reshaped Syria’s future and its ties with key nations. The US has initiated direct talks with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebel group that led the offensive against ...
Syria's Islamists say under orders to stay away from Russian forces
Russian troops were loading a truck at the entrance to the port they control in the Syrian city of Tartus on Monday, while ...
Lammy: senior UK officials sent to Damascus for talks on Syria’s future
The UK has sent a team of senior officials to Damascus for talks with Syrian’s interim leaders, including banned terror group ...
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What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?
A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing ...
EU should ease Syria sanctions in return for 'positive steps', top diplomat Kallas says
The European Union should be ready to ease sanctions on Syria if the country's new leadership takes "positive steps" to ...
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Departure from Syria ‘not planned’, says ex-president Bashar al-Assad
DAMASCUS: Ousted president Bashar al-Assad broke his silence Monday after fleeing Syria, saying in a statement that he only ...