Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

English

Alternative forms

• HTS (abbreviation)
• Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
• Hay'at Tahrir ash-Sham

Etymology

Arabic هَيْئَةُ تَحْرِيرِ ٱلشَّام (hayʔatu taḥrīri š-šām, “Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant”).

Proper noun

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

1. A political and paramilitary Sunni Islamic organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War.

   Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s sudden offensive on major city has grabbed global attention but experts are not so surprised.

   • 2024 December 6, Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Brice Laine, Lauren Kent and Eyad Kourdi, “Syrian rebel leader says goal is to ‘overthrow’ Assad regime”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In an exclusive interview with CNN, Jolani left no doubt that the ambitions of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) – a group that was formed out of a former al Qaeda affiliate – are nothing less than bringing an end to the Assad regime.