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Will sanctions be lifted against HTS, Syria's new ruler?

Removal from the blacklists could encourage dialogue with the rebel group, which now controls Damascus but is still designated as a terrorist organization by the U.N. and many other countries.

Will sanctions be lifted against HTS, Syria's new ruler?

The leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, giving a public speech at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Aref Tammawi/AFP)

The man, like the organization, intends to show a new face. In recent years, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group spearheading the rebel offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, has been keen to...
The man, like the organization, intends to show a new face. In recent years, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group spearheading the rebel offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, has been keen to...