The governments of the five post-Soviet Central Asian nations are warily monitoring the tumultuous situation in Syria, marked by the downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian regime and the ascent ...

KS say HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani “is not working in a democratic way, so now it’s possible the situation is changing and things are not going according to the agreement”.

The new Syrian government, which emerged after Assad’s downfall, is led by Syria’s new president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa — better known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the former leader of Hay’at ...

On the Arab front, Al-Julani has championed the Gulf developmental model, especially Saudi Arabia's, as a blueprint for Syria's reconstruction, aiming to secure Gulf support and end his isolation.

Since then, the US has maintained garrisons totalling almost 1,000 troops and many hundreds of contractors at small bases across eastern Syria, right down to al-Tanf on the Iraq and Jordan borders.

Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has said that the new Syrian regime will operate according to Sharia Law. Speaking in Damascus, al-Julani said that the ...

Hundreds protested against al-Julani this year, describing him as a tyrant in an authoritarian system. A bounty of ten million US dollars offered by the USA on Al-Julani's head still exists today.

Born as Ahmed Hussein Al-Shara, Julani is also known as Mohammad al-Jawlani and Abu Muhammad al-Golani. He worked for Al-Qaida in Iraq and also spent five years in a US prison.

Al-Julani and HTS have sought to change that perception, focusing on a message of unity since their offensive began, and highlighted in al-Julani’s speech in the Umayyad Mosque.

Leading the offensive was Abu Mohammed al-Julani, who stands at the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group that has become the most powerful armed opposition force in Syria.

According to some media sources, Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a, also referred to as Abu Mohammad al-Julani could have died in a Russian airstrike amid an intense offensive in ...