Syrian authorities appoint HTS figures as foreign, defence ministers
Asaad Hassan al-Shibani appointed foreign minister, and Murhaf Abu Qasra named defence minister.
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US officials on first diplomatic trip to Syria since al-Assad’s removal
Team to hold talks with country’s new leaders, including HTS that Washington hadesignated as a terrorist organisation.
UK diplomats meet rebel leader in Damascus
Increasing efforts are being made to engage with HTS, which overthrew the Assad regime earlier this month.
Inside the Russian airbase in Syria where troops form fragile truce with rebels they once bombed
HTS fighters guard the gates of Khmeimim airbase as Syrian leaders take a pragmatic approach to relations with foreign powers…
Fear of a reckoning simmers in Assad’s Alawite heartland
Quentin Sommerville is on patrol with HTS in Latakia, as they pledge to protect minorities.
Israel intensifies Syria attacks, but HTS leader says doesn’t want conflict
De facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa slams Israelis attacks, but says Syria cannot afford to enter a new conflict.
Antony Blinken confirms ‘direct’ US contact with Syria’s rebel rulers HTS
US, Turkey, EU and Arab envoys meeting in Jordan call for ‘inclusive and non-sectarian’ government after Islamist group ousted Bashar…
Blinken confirms US in direct contact with HTS in Syria
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed the Biden administration is in direct contact with the Syrian rebels.
US confirms it is in ‘direct contact’ with Syria rebel group
The HTS rebel group is currently still designated a terrorist organisation by the US State Department.
US Secretary of State Blinken acknowledges contact with Syria’s HTS rebels
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, has been designated a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ in US since Trump’s term in 2018.
