Once affiliated to al-Qaeda, HTS has since rejected transnational jihad but maintains an authoritarian rule rooted in Salafist principles

Middle East Eye

What does Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham believe in?

Once linked to al-Qaeda, HTS has since rejected transnational jihad but still believes in authoritarian rule based on Salafist ideas

This was Hama in 2011. Long before HTS even existed. I hope those who are still alive can return to their city and start to build a free Syria

After 10 years of forced displacement a mother is reunited with her son in Aleppo

People in Aleppo's biggest fear now is regime retaliation. Since 1 December, Syrian and Russian airstrikes on Aleppo and Idlib have killed 56 people and wounded 238

the Guardian

‘We’ve seen this before’: residents of rebel-held Aleppo fear regime onslaught

Syria’s second largest city braces for possibility of president Bashar al-Assad revisiting brutal tactics used in civil war

We did a roundtable on Syria - discussing events of the past few days - on The Fire These Times

Roundtable on Syria – The Fire These Times

Hadi Abdallah explains that the Syrian struggle is not only against domestic fascism but also against foreign imperialism

Two brothers reunite in Aleppo after a seven year separation

Analysis of what's happening in western Syria by comrades at the Syrian Canteen, and analysis of events in northeastern Syria by international anarchists there. Via: @CrimethInc. Ex-Workers

CrimethInc.

The Syrian Civil War Resumes

Perspectives from both Western and Northeastern Syria on the taking of Aleppo and the renewed prospect of the fall of Assad.

My thoughts on events of the past few days in Syria https://www.newarab.com/opinion/our-dream-assad-free-syria-has-returned-rebel-advance

The first group of Kurds displaced from the northern Aleppo countryside arrive in Raqqa province