Origins and ideology Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has its roots in the early stages of the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 as a popular uprising against the autocratic government of Assad. The group ...

The downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad has reignited extremist rivalries in Indonesia, increasing the potential ...

In a dramatic shift in US policy, President Donald Trump has approved Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s controversial plan to induct foreign jihadists into Syria’s restructured military. Once ...

Under the deal, around 3,500 fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and Central Asia, will join a newly formed division ...

President Trump says he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria's new government to give the country "a chance at peace." ...

In the last weeks of the Biden administration, Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf traveled to Syria to meet Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham leader whose December 2024 march on ...

A former US ambassador has revealed that a British NGO helped rebrand a former al-Qaeda commander into Syria’s leader.

The latest series of meetings come as Qatar and Syria increase their engagement following the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad ...

The visit comes amid renewed bloodshed, coming a week after clashes between forces loyal to al-Sharaa and fighters from the minority Druze community that left nearly 100 people dead. #EuropeNews ...

U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack to lead as Special Envoy for Syria, aiding in sanctions relief and regional stability efforts.

Al-Sharaa took power after his Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led a dayslong offensive that toppled former President Bashar Assad in December. Assad, a member of Syria's Alawite minority, ...