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Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is an armed Islamist rebel group in Syria. They have been waging an armed conflict against the regime of Bashar Assad as well as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

  Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left), Turkish Intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin (center), and interim Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad al-Bashir (right) (illustrative).

New Syrian transitional government meets with European, UN officials

 Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir delivers Friday sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in the Damascus old city, Syria, December 13, 2024.

A nation divided: Will Syria be better now that Assad is gone?

 MOHAMMED AL-BASHIR, the appointed caretaker Syrian prime minister, grants a media interview in Damascus, last week.

Syria’s lost democrats were overshadowed by the rise of extremist groups

PEOPLE HOLD a Syrian opposition flag as they celebrate the ouster of Bashar Assad in Damascus last Sunday.

Sunday in Damascus with Julani

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.

Israel has no more excuses for entering Syria, rebel leader Julani says

 Damage around Qamishli International Airport area, in Syria, December 10, 2024

Southern Syria's resurgence brings Jordan and Iraq back in key roles

 A rebel fighter stands atop of a military vehicle as he carries a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham flag in Saraqeb town in northwestern Idlib province, Syria December 1, 2024.

How did the Syrian rebels bring down Assad in just 11 days?

 Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024.

US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says

By REUTERS
 Cyclist Bassel Soufi visits the summer resort of ousted Bashar al-Assad as he tours a part of his daily training in Burj Islam near Latakia, Syria, December 13, 2024.

Syrians explore Assad family's massive summer resort for first time

By REUTERS
 Raising the opposition flag at the Aleppo Citadel in the center of the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 1, 2024.

US, UN considering removing HTS from list of terror groups

 IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

IDF attacks have permanently changed the face of Syrian military threat

 A man walks on a poster of Bashar al-Assad as a sanitation worker removes it from the street downtown, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 10, 2024.

Southern Syria groups overthrew Assad and control areas near the Golan

 Tanks stand after rebels led by HTS have sought to capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in the north and Hama in west-central Syria by pressing onwards to Homs, in Hama, Syria December 6, 2024.

Syria can help Israel 'completely destroy armies without war,' expert says

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
 The Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, December 8, 2024.

Syrians return home after 11 years in exile, face legal and infrastructure hurdles

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
 Muhammad al-Bashir, newly appointed transitional Prime Minister of Syria, speaking during the offensive operations against Assad, December 5, 2024.

Mohammed al-Bashir tasked with forming Syrian transitional government

 IDF troops conduct operations in UN buffer zones to secure the border with Syria, December 9, 2024.

IDF Paratroopers secure northern border as Syrian revolution escalates

Alompeint Maarouf, 59, Mazhar Hamdeh, 60, and Nader Halbuni, 61, react in front of the Syrian embassy in Athens following an occupation of the embassy by Syrians living in Greece, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Athens, Greece, December 8, 2024.

Syrian rebel supporters enter embassy in Athens, police intervene

By REUTERS
An Israeli special "Alpine" forces soldier, complete with small snowshoes, lies prone as he sights his M-16 rifle during a training maneuver on a snowfield nearby two Israeli early warning military posts on the summit of the 2,000 meter mountain January 2012.

Syrian civil war: US strikes ISIS, IDF take Mount Hermon peak