A former Al Qaeda commander has seized power in Damascus, bringing great jubilation and relief to Washington, DC ...

In the northern Lebanon town of Chekka, Suheil Hamawi received a heartfelt welcome as he returned home Monday after ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy ...

Sham, the radical group that overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, has its roots in the Sunni "nationalist jihadism" of the ...

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 ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of ...

With the Islamic group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) now in control, Syria — especially its minorities — lives in paranoia. The ...

Once an extremist who fought US troops in Iraq, rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani now preaches pluralism and tolerance. Now ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has left Iran and Russia on the outside, while Iran is accelerating its pursuit of a ...

Syrian pro-democracy moderates can’t shake off their memories of when al-Golani first rose to prominence in chaotic war-torn ...

Sham, the leading rebel force, must work to allay public fears that it will seek to replace Assadism with its own form of absolute rule.

Golani, who ousted President Assad's regime, has a complex history with links to Al-Qaeda and the late ISIS leader ...