ALEPPO, Syria — An opposition government in Idlib backed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a coalition of Islamist factions, has imposed Islamic Sharia's hirabah law, which calls for severe retribution for lawbreakers.
The Ministry of Justice of the Syrian Salvation Government — formed last year as an alternative to the opposition's Syrian Interim Government — decreed adherence to hirabah beginning Dec. 10. Mohammed Kabakbaji, the attorney general of Idlib in the Syrian Salvation Government, told Al-Monitor the decision will be applied in the ministry's courts.
