In Tahrir Square, downtown Cairo’s massive focal point, the protesters managed to hold their ground until late at night, when the police drove them out. The protests continued the next day ...
In Indonesia and elsewhere, anger at Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza has provided grist for the extremist mill.
In an alarming development, intelligence agencies have sounded a high-alert advisory following the escalating crisis in Syria, marked by the potential fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the alarming ...
For more recent analysis of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), see this August 2023 post from the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program's Examining Extremism series. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham ...
Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, could be a ...
Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.
Hizb ut Tahrir Canada, a controversial Islamic activist group, says it is cancelling its upcoming Khilafah Conference 2025, which was set to take place in Hamilton on Jan. 18.
As the de facto ruler of Damascus, HTS has attempted to rebrand itself as a moderate group capable of governance, seeking to distance itself from its history of extremism and terrorism. However, Syria ...
The goal is to give the Syria’s new government some relief while also allowing time to determine whether the new Syrian power structure under the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will evolve ...