How HTS leader in Syria's Idlib is attempting a makeover - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sultan al-Kanj

Sultan al-Kanj

Aug 11, 2020

An undated image of Abu Mohammed al-Joulani (center) posted to Twitter on May 30, 2020. — TWITTER/SyriaDirect

A Syrian man reacts as water floods tents at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Kafr Lusin in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, by the border with Turkey, on January 19, 2021. - Flooding following heavy rain at displacement camps in northwest Syria has killed a child and damaged or destroyed the tents of thousands of people, according to residents and aid workers. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) (Photo by AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Al-Qaeda-linked leader again descends on Idlib streets to polish his image

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

This picture taken on Dec. 27, 2021, shows a view of a broken tombstone at the Roman Catholic monastery area in the town of al-Qanayyah.

Syrian jihadi leader Golani meets with Idlib’s Christians

Sultan al-Kanj

Members of Syria's top jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, led by al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate, parade with their flags and those of the Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" through the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, Aug. 20, 2021.

Jihadist group in Idlib vows to keep foreign fighters in Syria

Mohammed Hardan

Mohammed Hardan

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HTS leader shocks popular base after interview with Western journalist

Sultan al-Kanj