The Islamist group, which spearheaded of the surprise rebel advance into Aleppo, is an offshoot of al-Qaida in Syria.

God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” ...

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing ...

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani is the leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group which swept into Aleppo last week in a ...

Fighting has escalated as insurgents captured Aleppo and nearby areas, and pro-govt Syrian and Russian forces are conducting ...

Sham, which now defines itself as a Syrian revolutionary Islamist movement, is at the forefront of the conquest of Aleppo and ...

Insurgents led by the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham along with Turkey-backed opposition fighters were about 10 ...

Russia and the United States clashed at the United Nations on Tuesday, accusing each other of supporting terrorism during a ...

In the chaos of Syria’s war, it was a moment of bureaucratic ceremony ...

Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a ...

Experts say HTS and other groups need to prove they will respect diverse communities in the long term and their treatment of ...

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped ...