The Latest Breaking News from HTS

The emergence of a new government in Syria raises concerns about HTS's Islamist governance and potential parallels to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Turkey tried to stall the HTS rebels’ offensive but has now become Syria’s ‘gateway to the outside world’

Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade.

A French diplomatic mission will travel to the Syrian capital Damascus this Tuesday to reestablish contact after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, acting Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Likewise, the US, the UK and other countries are investigating how they might normalise relations with the new regime.

HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says fighters will all be ‘subject to the law’ as he emphasises need for unity in post-war Syria

After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the world was moved by emotional scenes of liberation — families reuniting after years of separation and former prisoners walking free from the brutal conditions of Assad’s prisons.

A UK delegation has met the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an organisation that is banned in the UK.

The fall of Assad in Syria to HTS, backed by Turkey, raises concerns for the future of the Kurds and U.S. interests in the region.

Russia withdraws troops from Syria, explores negotiations with rebels. US conducts anti-ISIS operations post-Assad's removal.