HTS may have benefitted indirectly from Turkish, Israeli and U.S. support for other anti-Assad rebel groups. Its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa — formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al ...
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group in Syria is consolidating its power just 10-days after the country’s long-time autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad was dramatically removed from power.
Comments by Secretary of State Antony Blinken this weekend were the first time a U.S. official has acknowledged contact with the Syrian rebel group that drove Bashar al-Assad from power.
“I was surprised.” For now, the answers to the country’s immediate future appear to lie with the leader of the HTSrebel coalition, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (real name, Ahmad Al Sharaa), who ...