Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has dropped that nom de guerre associated with his jihadist past, and been using his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in official communiques issued since ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Islamist rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani positioned himself as a statesman who can unite Syria and responsibly manage relations with its neighbors, in a meeting Monday with ...

Zifzafa is a digital tool that acts to advocate for the sonic self-determination of the Jawlanis — the people of the occupied ...

1. Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani is the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, one of the largest rebel groups mounting the offensive against the Assad regime. 2. He broke with Islamic State in 2012 and cut ...

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani boarded a bus in Damascus in March 2003, heading across the desert to Baghdad with fellow volunteers eager to repel the looming American invasion of Iraq. When he returned ...

Jawlani speaking to supporters inside Ummayad Mosque, after the fall of Damascus The Syrian rebel leader known as Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has dropped that nom de guerre, which is associated with ...

But the plot thickened when Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, Syria’s de facto leader and former al-Qaeda affiliate, entered the scene. In an interview with Vatican media, Jawlani praised Pope Francis ...

The U.S. has already dropped a $10 million bounty on Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, the Islamist leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, the Sunni Islamist group that began as an offshoot of al Qaeda ...

They need HTS’ assault to end to prevent Assad’s collapse and give them time to prepare for a future counteroffensive. Muhammad al-Jawlani is no proxy. The more land he takes the more independent he ...

According to the sources, in early October Jabhat al-Nusra’s chief Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani met with field commanders in the west of the Idlib Province. The aim was to convince militants to move ...

These include Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Islamist leader Abu Mohammed Al Jawlani who previously had affiliations with both al-Qaida and ISIS, the western-backed and Kurd-led Syrian ...