Syrian rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad and he had fled Damascus on Sunday. But what is HTS, and how did it rock the long-simmering ...

Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a Sunni Islamist group ... amalgamation or alliance cannot be completely dismissed. What does Assad’s fall mean for Hezbollah’s military power in the region?

As for weapons, HTS' arsenal is believed to consist of munitions it captured on the battlefield — from Assad's forces, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah or other militant groups — as well as ...