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What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?

  • Written by Sara Harmouch, Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs, American University
What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?Anti-Assad fighters stationed at the airport in Aleppo on Dec. 2, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing prominence of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the 13-year-long civil war.

The surprise advance was...

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