TWO former slaves have issued a stark warning to the West about Syria’s new “reformer” president Ahmed al-Sharaa. Yazidi ...

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has replaced his jihadist camo attire for Western-style outfits as ... both of which had intervened in the Syrian civil war to target Islamist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS.

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the military chief leading Syria's rebel forces, has vowed to bring a multicultural government to the war-torn nation as he tries to garner favor from the West and disavow ...

Jolani rejected Baghdadi’s calls to dissolve the Nusra Front and merge it with ISI to form ISIS. Instead, he pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, which later disassociated itself from ISIS.

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has appeared several times in interviews with the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera network. ... (ISIS) when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tried to merge Syrian and Iraqi Al-Qaeda factions.

The military chief leading Syria’s rebel forces who ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has roots in Islamic extremist groups — including past ties al Qaeda. Now, Abu Mohammed al ...

In 2004, a newly ascended Bashar al-Assad, eager to shield his regime from the blowback of the American invasion of Iraq, encouraged young Syrians and Muslims to cross into Iraq to resist the US ...

Stream or tune in Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, June 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 —FRONTLINE Investigates the Fight Over the Future of Syria, and Interviews a Former Al Qaeda ...

Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque, the broad and bearded Abu Mohammad al-Jolani declared a new chapter in Syria’s history. The leader of the rebellion that ...

Syrian rebel leader's extremist past raises questions about his future Abu Mohammad al-Jolani has sought to rebrand his and his group’s position, while distancing himself from their Al Qaeda ...