#hayat-tahrir-al-sham

#hayat-tahrir-al-sham

In late November 2024, groups in the country's northwest led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a rebel group whose then leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is now the country's interim president launched an offensive on the city of Aleppo, aiming to recapture it from the al-Assad government's forces. They were startled when the Syrian army collapsed with little resistance, first in Aleppo, then in the key cities of Hama and Homs. That left the road to Damascus open.