But there were complaints of what was seen as heavy-handed rule by the authorities. When we visited earlier this week, ...

As a former Al Qaeda fighter with a U.S. bounty on his head, experts say Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's first challenge has been ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

The Islamists who now lead Syria have ruled the city of Idlib for years. Residents say they imposed some strict laws, but ...

Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, governed Syria's Idlib province with a mix of repression and pragmatism.

Last week, while touring Damascus, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) was ...

How the rebels governed Idlib offers insight into how they might rule Syria. Experts and residents of Idlib describe their ...

Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has governed in Idlib, northwest Syria, since 2017. Now that the Assad regime has ...

After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...