Is HTS reining in or expanding jihadist network in Idlib? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Feb 15, 2021

Smoke billows following reported shelling by government forces on the northwestern Syrian town of Barah, in the rebel held Idlib province on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP) (Photo by ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images) — Smoke billows following reported shelling by government forces on the northwestern town of Barah, in rebel-held Idlib governorate, Syria, Feb. 12, 2021. — Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images

A fighter from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group is sprayed with decontamination liquid upon his release in a reported prisoner swap deal with regime forces in the town of Darret Ezza, about 30 kilometres northwest of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on May 16, 2020. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP) (Photo by AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Syrian extremist group in Idlib breaks with jihadist ideologue

Sultan al-Kanj

Syrian fighters fight as they attend a mock battle in anticipation of an attack by the regime on Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, during a graduation of new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members at a camp in the countryside of the northern Idlib province on August 14, 2018. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Jihadists of Idlib splitting under Turkish pressure

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Jihadis of former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

Syrian jihadi groups crack down on rivals in Idlib

Sultan al-Kanj

Syrian rebel fighters prepare in anticipation of an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime on Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, in Kafr Zeta, Syria, Aug. 30, 2018.

Syrian jihadi group escalates campaign against foreign fighters in Idlib

Sultan al-Kanj