Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani emerged as the face of a rebel-led offensive that toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime over the weekend—bringing more attention to a ...

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 ...

Abu Mohammed al-Golani inspects the damage after an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey, on Feb. 7, 2023.

As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction ...

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.

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel faction, led by al-Golani, seized control of Damascus over the weekend, prompting the country’s president Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow.

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.

Al-Golani’s beginnings in Iraq Throughout his rise through extremist ranks, al-Sharaa was only known by the jihadi nickname he adopted, Abu Mohammed al-Golani.

Abu Mohammed al-Golani led a lightning offensive that toppled longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. Since breaking with al Qaeda in 2016, Golani has tried to soften his image both at home and ...