It has also been working to integrate various armed groups into the new army.The backbone of the army are the Hayat Tahrir al ...

Syria's transitional authorities have so far recruited half of a planned 200,000-man army, a Syrian military official briefed ...

The downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad has reignited extremist rivalries in Indonesia, increasing the potential risk of factional battles spilling over into the mainstream ...

Three Syrian defence officials said that under the plan, some 3,500 foreign fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and ...

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo–and demonstrated the growing prominence of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the 13-year ...

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

The collectors work for the civilian government established under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel movement that just spearheaded the swift overthrow of the 54-year Assad dynasty. The Islamist ...

The surprise advance was led by members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, fighting alongside Turkish-backed groups opposing the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. While the offensive – the most ...

The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is responsible for toppling the Assad family's five-decade grip on power. But who exactly are the leaders of HTS, which is designated as a terrorist ...

That militant was Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — the Islamist coalition that took Aleppo by storm last week. As it turns out, his remarks — delivered in April to the ...

Syria’s minister of social affairs and labor says the lifting of sanctions will allow her government to begin work on ...

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