Posted on May 14, 2023

Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past

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Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past
By Ghaith Alsayed, AP and Bassem Mroue, AP
May 14, 10:31 AM
Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organization stand in front of a destroyed house in Atareb, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023.
FILE - Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organization stand in front of a destroyed house in Atareb, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP, File)

IDLIB, Syria — The leader of an insurgent group that rules much of northwest Syria rose to notoriety over the past decade by claiming deadly bombings, threatening revenge against Western “crusader” forces and dispatching Islamist religious police to crack down on women deemed to be immodestly dressed.

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