The Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), along with allied militias, launched an assault on government-controlled territory in northern Syria last Wednesday. The jihadists seized a number of villages and towns in Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama provinces, and entered the city of Aleppo on Friday.
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HTS is literally just an al Qaeda rebrand, mind. Al Qaeda in Iraq, Syria branch. The guys ISIS developed from and split from.
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[ - ] Joe_McCarthy [op] 1 point 5 monthsDec 2, 2024 18:22:20 ago (+1/-0)
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HTS is literally just an al Qaeda rebrand, mind. Al Qaeda in Iraq, Syria branch. The guys ISIS developed from and split from.
Brings this over-a-decade old article to mind:
Ted Cruz: U.S. not ‘Al Qaeda’s air force’
https://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/ted-cruz-syria-update-096244