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Syrian Factions Appoint Islamist Leader As Interim President

Syrian factions appoint Islamist rebel leader as interim president post-Assad, facing challenges in forming unified army and integrating rebel groups.

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Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

Abu Mohammed al-Golani urges the West to lift sanctions on Syria and delist his group as terrorist organisation

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What Assad’s fall means for the Middle East – and Russia

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EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe

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‘They used us as a testing ground for all kinds of weapons’: Syrians return to destroyed town

ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew visits Jobar – north of Damascus – which was devastated by some of the fiercest battles of the civil war. She meets residents returning home for the first time in more than a decade. Both they, and Syria itself, face major challenges in starting anew

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Abu Mohammed al-Golani may become the face of post-Assad Syria – but who is he and why does he have $10M US bounty on his head?

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad has left a critical question: After a half-century of brutal dynastic rule has come to an end, who speaks for Syrians now?

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PM says ‘no decision pending’ on removal of Syrian rebel group from banned list

A Cabinet minister had earlier suggested a decision on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham could be taken quickly.

Evening Standard

How a lightning assault by Syrian rebels toppled Assad’s regime in less than two weeks

Distracted by wars elsewhere, president Bashar al-Assad’s military allies Russia, Iran, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah failed to mobilise the kind of decisive firepower that had propped him up for years

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Why is HTS banned in the UK and will this change now it has control in Syria?

The Home Secretary can decide to lift a ban on a proscribed organisation.

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Assad family’s iron-grip rule on Syria toppled as insurgents take control of Damascus

Assad, who has not spoken in public since the lightning rebel advance, has fled Damascus, reportedly to Moscow

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Syrians gather in Glasgow to celebrate the downfall of Bashar al-Assad

SYRIANS in Glasgow gathered in the city centre to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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From al-Qaeda insurgent to Trump’s ‘young, attractive guy’: Who is Ahmad al-Sharaa?

Ahmad al-Sharaa, the militant leader who led the stunning insurgency that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image and that of his fighters

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Assad flees Syria as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes end to ‘barbaric’ regime while Damascus celebrates

Syrian dictator fled capital on a plane and has been granted asylum in Russia

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Syrian opposition forces capture key city of Hama in new blow to al-Assad

Main opposition armed group says rebels have full control of Hama, the fourth-largest city in the country.

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Who is Abu Mohammed al-Julani, leader of HTS in Syria?

With Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s dramatic capture of Aleppo, al-Julani has upended many expectations about the war in Syria.

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Syrian Militant Leader Al-Golani's Remarkable Transformation

Abu Mohammed al-Golani's transformation in the Syrian civil war showcases strategic rebranding and evolving leadership in conflict zones.

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Protests against powerful group persist in Syria's last major rebel stronghold

Members of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group in the country’s rebel-held northwest have fired bullets in the air and beaten up protesters with clubs, injuring some of them

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Syria's main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists

The leader of the most powerful al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by moving away from extremist factions

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