World Dec 15 Analysis: What to know about HTS, Hezbollah and Iran after Assad’s fall in Syria By Bruce Hoffman, Council on Foreign Relations
World Dec 08 Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria’s insurgency that toppled Assad? Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. The extent of that transformation… By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press
World May 14 Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to distance itself from past al-Qaida ties The leader of an insurgent group that rules much of northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by cracking down on extremist factions and spreading a message of pluralism and religious tolerance. By Ghaith Alsayed, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press