It’s wild to see HTS being positioned as the lead in Syria’s transitional government, considering their history in Idlib and ties to al-Qaeda.
The idea of Western countries potentially rethinking their terrorist designation for HTS feels like a risky gamble. Even if they play nice now, their past “dictatorial practices” don’t exactly scream stability for a post-Assad Syria.
They know that creating a 1 man dictatorship won’t go down well with the several well armed and fully mobilized militias that they don’t control. Julani is power hungry, but he’s smart, too.
It’s wild to see HTS being positioned as the lead in Syria’s transitional government, considering their history in Idlib and ties to al-Qaeda.
The idea of Western countries potentially rethinking their terrorist designation for HTS feels like a risky gamble. Even if they play nice now, their past “dictatorial practices” don’t exactly scream stability for a post-Assad Syria.
They know that creating a 1 man dictatorship won’t go down well with the several well armed and fully mobilized militias that they don’t control. Julani is power hungry, but he’s smart, too.