E.U. countries near agreement on easing Syria sanctions, a big policy shift The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian ...

Jerusalem Post Middle East Syria to hold dialog conference amid criticism over inclusivity A one-day dialogue in Damascus could signal a new chapter for Syria – but will HTS’s influence stifle ...

Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s already seeing some success.

Whether HTS can manage to unite the country peacefully will also be a key determining factor for how the U.S., which has substantial interests in Syria, engages with the new government in Damascus.

The advancing Islamist rebels in Syria's north have vowed to respect ethnic and religious groups under their rule. Observers, however, point to years of human rights abuses in areas under HTS control.

MAJDAL SHAMS, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights — Within hours of rebels taking control of Syria’s capital, Israel moved to seize military posts in that country’s south, sending its troops ...

HTS ran the governorate of Idlib via the Syrian Salvation Government, which it established in 2017 to provide civil services, education, healthcare, a judiciary and infrastructure as well as ...

Israel Says It Destroyed Syria’s Navy, Part of Wave of Post-Assad Attacks Israel says it is striking Syrian military sites to keep them out of “the hands of extremists.” The rebels who ...

The HTS is a legitimacy-seeking actor that wishes to shed its terrorist designation and lift the web of U.S. Caesar Act sanctions that will dampen Syria’s economic reconstruction.

Preceded by the al-Qaida affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS attempted to rebrand itself in 2016 by splitting from these elements and unifying Syria's opposition forces under a single umbrella. In 2017 ...

Whether it is HTS in Syria or Hamas in Gaza, these groups are genocidal fundamentalists. There is no such thing as a good jihadist. Radical Islamism brings nothing but chaos and destruction.

In northwestern Idlib, which until last week's stunning advance was the main rebel stronghold in Syria, a range of groups fought alongside HTS in a unified military operations command.