HTS removed from terror list, not less Syria and making deals with Washington.

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Leader had $10m on his head previously now he’s welcomed as leader of Syria

US removes HTS from terror list ahead of Syria-Israel normalization​

Monday, 07 July 2025 6:21 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 07 July 2025 6:21 PM ]

The United States has revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for the HTS, which took over Syria after toppling President Bashar al-Assad, as the new regime plans to sign a normalization agreement with the Israeli regime.

"In consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, I hereby revoke the designation of al-Nusra Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (and other aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in the June 23 memo, which was filed on Monday.

The memo was published in a preview of the Federal Register before official publication on Tuesday.

The move comes a week after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ease unilateral US sanctions against Syria.

The sanctions on Syria have been in place since 1979 in response to Damascus’s foreign policy toward Israel.



Since Assad was toppled, Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes against Syria and occupied large swathes of territory beyond the Golan Heights.

The new Syrian regime has been signaling a willingness to normalize ties with Tel Aviv.

The two sides are reportedly engaged in negotiations to reach a normalization agreement by 2026.

 

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Syria run by extremist ‘sheikhs’ not statesmen under HTS regime: Report​

Friday, 04 July 2025 11:17 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 04 July 2025 11:17 AM ]

Local sources say Syria is governed by extremist “sheikhs” under the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led regime rather than qualified statesmen.

In a report on Thursday, The Cradle said Syria has been divided into regions and sub-regions “ruled by extremist Sunni Muslim religious leaders who exert control over virtually every aspect of decision-making,” including negotiations with Israel for normalization of ties.

The normalization negotiations are said to include the Syrian side’s concession to Israel’s permanent rule over the occupied Golan Heights, a strategic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria that has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.

Citing sources, the report said the extremist “sheikhs”, who view minority religious groups as unbelievers who do not deserve equal rights with Muslims and can even be killed under certain circumstances, are involved in each transaction or service of the state in areas fully controlled by HTS, including the distribution of gas, flour, electricity, security at checkpoints, local disputes over real estate and land, and even legal disputes.

“We had no real power. Appointments, funding, relationships with organizations, and even food aid go through the sheikh, not the state. The sheikh's decisions are more binding than any law,” a former employee of a local council in Idlib said.


Under the system of extremist “sheikhs”, each local one is administratively linked to “a higher Sharia council” overseen by a little-known body, according to the report.

The online news magazine cited another source as saying that Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the head of the HTS-led regime, who was previously affiliated with al-Qaeda and Daesh, “runs a kind of supreme religious council, coordinating between sheikhs in the judiciary, economy, and education. Even negotiations with foreign powers do not take place outside this framework.”

The HTS, a former branch of al-Qaeda, along with other militants, seized control of Damascus on December 8, 2024, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to leave the country.

A few months later, armed factions affiliated with the current administration committed a massacre against Alawite civilians in their coastal heartlands.

The murder of hundreds of Alawites in March has increased fears among minority groups about the now dominant militants.

 

[mrcmd187]

Leader had $10m on his head previously now he’s welcomed as leader of Syria

US removes HTS from terror list ahead of Syria-Israel normalization​

Monday, 07 July 2025 6:21 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 07 July 2025 6:21 PM ]

The United States has revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for the HTS, which took over Syria after toppling President Bashar al-Assad, as the new regime plans to sign a normalization agreement with the Israeli regime.

"In consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, I hereby revoke the designation of al-Nusra Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (and other aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in the June 23 memo, which was filed on Monday.

The memo was published in a preview of the Federal Register before official publication on Tuesday.

The move comes a week after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ease unilateral US sanctions against Syria.

The sanctions on Syria have been in place since 1979 in response to Damascus’s foreign policy toward Israel.



Since Assad was toppled, Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes against Syria and occupied large swathes of territory beyond the Golan Heights.

The new Syrian regime has been signaling a willingness to normalize ties with Tel Aviv.

The two sides are reportedly engaged in negotiations to reach a normalization agreement by 2026.

 

[knightmelodic]

this motherfucker didn't start out as a billionaire but he's sure going to end up one

 

[850credit]

Reminds me of the story the guy told in Cocaine Cowboys about taking his ugly friend to strip clubs and offering money for strippers to go home with him.

At first they'd say no until he hit a number they couldn't turn down.

He had so much money it was sport for him.

 

[BlackRob]

I’m confused, I probably missed a story.
Why is Syria doing this?

 

[BlackRob]

It’s real..
On this very page, they’re supposed to be working it out.

 

[World B Free]

As we already know: Israel can't be trusted.

 

[4 Dimensional]

Smh