But there were complaints of what was seen as heavy-handed rule by the authorities. When we visited earlier this week, ...
As a former Al Qaeda fighter with a U.S. bounty on his head, experts say Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's first challenge has been ...
The Islamists who now lead Syria have ruled the city of Idlib for years. Residents say they imposed some strict laws, but ...
The Islamist rebels who ousted Syria’s dictator ran a pragmatic and disciplined administration in the territory they ...
Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, governed Syria's Idlib province with a mix of repression and pragmatism.
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
Last week, while touring Damascus, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) was ...
After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...
Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has governed in Idlib, northwest Syria, since 2017. Now that the Assad regime has ...
Idlib, in northwest Syria, has long been a stronghold for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that last week toppled the Assad regime.Many people living in Idlib had fled to the town governed by ...