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Ankara’s quest to restore ties with Damascus has left its Syrian rebel allies confused as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the jihadi group controlling Idlib, seeks to raise its profile and lure the disenchanted to its ranks.

On December 18, 2022, the detained TTP militants attacked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) amidst

Syria censures the Dutch government’s involvement in supporting and providing weapons supplies to Takfiri militant groups operating inside the country.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syria condemned the Dutch government's support for and provision of weapons to Takfiri militant groups operating within the conflict-torn Arab nation.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said that weapons from the raging war between Russia and Ukraine are now slipping into the Lake Chad

A terrorist attack on November 13 in central Istanbul killed six people and injured more than 80. The tragedy took place on the busy

The resultant clashes would probably have been largely ignored as just another chapter in the endless saga of rebel factionalism. However, when Hayat Tahrir al-Sham directly intervened, the issue attracted considerable attention beyond the microcosm of Syria’s armed opposition landscape.

Turkey is using the jihadis’ march into Afrin to push its rebel allies in Syria to reorganize as a coherent, disciplined force. But what happens next if the factions fail to do so by the reported year-end deadline?

During the second week of October, unprecedented full-fledged military confrontations broke out in northern Syria between factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) subsequently intervening in support of some factions over others. Tukey’s weariness about the constantly deteriorating state of security in the north, resulting mainly from infighting among the SNA forces it backs, and its willingness to impose order on them, could explain its sile...

Analysis: Following HTS' advances, it is possible that the militant Islamist group is going to start asserting itself more vigorously vis-a-vis Turkish forces and intelligence, but without open conflict.