Tahrir al-Sham
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; Arabic: هيئة تحرير الشام) is a Salafist Jihadist militant group that fights in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed as a combination of Ahrar al-Sham,[1] Al-Nusra Front, Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Islam, Liwa al-Haqq, and Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[2] The combination was helped by Abu Jaber Shaykh, the second emir of Ahrar al-Sham. The group is allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda according to the European Union and the United States of America.[3][4] The group is designated a terrorist group by Turkey,[5] United States,[6] Morocco,[7] Australia,[8] Canada,[9] European Union,[10] United Kingdom,[10] Saudi Arabia,[10] United Nations,[10] Russia,[11] and Iran.[12]
References
change- ↑ "Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Controls Jund Allah Jihadi Group Amid Reports That Ahrar Al-Sham Pledged Allegiance To HTS". MEMRI. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ↑ Mona Alami (6 December 2017). "Syria's Largest Militant Alliance Steps Further Away From Al-Qaeda". Syria Deply. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "MMP: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Tsurkov, Elizabeth (2020-11-10). "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syria)". ECFR. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ "Turkey designates Tahrir al-Sham a terrorist group | Reuters". Reuters. Retrieved 2024/1/6.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ↑ "National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ "Documents: voici la nouvelle liste des individus et des entités classés terroristes par le Maroc , H24info". https://www.h24info.ma/ (in French). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham". Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ Canada, Public Safety (2018-12-21). "Currently listed entities". www.publicsafety.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "1.3. Anti-government armed groups". European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ tass.com https://tass.com/society/1430769. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Examining Extremism: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) | Examining Extremism | CSIS". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.