Tahrir al-Sham

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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; Arabic: هيئة تحرير الشام) is a Salafist Jihadist militant group that fights in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed as a combination of Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Nusra Front, Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Islam, Liwa al-Haqq, and Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[1] The combination was helped by Abu Jaber Shaykh, the second emir of Ahrar al-Sham. The group is allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda according to the European Union and the United States of America.[2][3] The group is designated a terrorist group by Turkey,[4], United States,[5] Morocco,[6] Australia,[7] Canada,[8] European Union,[9] United Kingdom,[10] Saudi Arabia,[11] United Nations,[12] Russia,[13] and Iran.[14]

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  2. University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "MMP: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. Tsurkov, Elizabeth (2020-11-10). "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syria)". ECFR. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  4. "Turkey designates Tahrir al-Sham a terrorist group | Reuters". Retrieved 2024/1/6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  6. "Documents: voici la nouvelle liste des individus et des entités classés terroristes par le Maroc , H24info". https://www.h24info.ma/ (in français). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2024-01-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  7. "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham". Retrieved 2024/1/6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Canada, Public Safety (2018-12-21). "Currently listed entities". www.publicsafety.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  9. "1.3. Anti-government armed groups". European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  10. "1.3. Anti-government armed groups". European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  11. "1.3. Anti-government armed groups". European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  12. "1.3. Anti-government armed groups". European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  13. tass.com https://tass.com/society/1430769. Retrieved 2024-01-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. "Examining Extremism: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) | Examining Extremism == Tahrir Al-Sham Media == | CSIS". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 71 (help)