The surprise offensive by a hardline militant group in Syria has raised fears of a second Islamic State, but the man leading ...

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani is the leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group which swept into Aleppo last week in a ...

Sheikh's Salfism is quite distinct from the Salfism promoted by other Salafi groups; in particular, it promotes equality ...

Since 2020, large numbers of refugees from Assad-held areas of Syria have lived under HTS rule. As Jolani’s forces seize back ...

Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a lightning assault against pro-Assad forces in Aleppo. Here’s who else is ...

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At least 27 people have been killed near the Syrian city of Hama as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to beat ...

Sham, a powerful Syrian rebel faction, has launched offensive in Aleppo by taking military bases and villages from Assad's ...

Since the Syrian civil war began, around 2012, approximately 6.9 million people have been internally displaced, and an additional 6.8 million are refugees, mainly in Turkey and Jordan — and Lebanon, ...

Al-Qaeda-linked HTS rebels of Syria want to establish Islamic rule in Syria and the Abu Mohammed al-Golani-led group have ...

The rebel coalition consists of "well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in ...

One of the oldest cities in recorded history, Aleppo, was seized by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on November ...