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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jacob Phillips

Syria latest: UK to consider removing 'terrorist' status of HTS rebels that helped topple Assad regime

The UK government will consider removing the proscribed status of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group spearheading the Syrian rebel alliance that helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, a minister has said.

Labour veteran Pat McFadden has told Sky News that it may revisit whether the former al-Qaeda affiliate should be viewed as a designated terrorist group.

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