The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a ...

While Syria is now free of the Assad regime for the first time in more than half a century, an Islamist militant group with ties to al-Qaeda is now overseeing the country's transition period.

The head of the largest rebel group has been de-facto in charge of the country since dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in early December.

Along with a few dozen top al Qaeda leaders and their families, Masri had been living in Iran under various forms of house arrest, detention, or monitored parole since fleeing the US invasion of ...

Abu Mohammed al ... leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, one of the largest rebel groups mounting the offensive against the Assad regime. 2. He broke with Islamic State in 2012 and cut ties with al ...

Syrian opposition fighters removing a government flag from an official building Saturday in Salamiyah, east of Hama. (Ghaith Alsayed/Associated Press) The main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

The Islamist group that led the uprising once had ties to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, and as a result was officially designated as a terrorist organization. The rebel leaders have forsworn ...

Al-Zawahiri had been the leader of al-Qaeda since the 2011 assassination of ... which is committing genocide against the Palestinians and is now also bombing parts of Syria, and the NATO war ...