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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Millie Cooke

UK could take Syrian rebels off banned terror group list, minister says

The government will make a swift decision on whether to lift the ban on Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) after it swept to power in Syria, ousting Bashar Assad’s regime.

HTS is banned in the UK because of its past association with al Qaida, the terrorist organisation once led by Osama bin Laden.

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