It is surely a sign of the bizarre circumstance in which we find ourselves today that “What exactly is Ahrar al-Sham?” has become a question of international political importance. As the United States ...

On July 18, jihadists belonging to the Al Nusrah Front (al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria), Ahrar al Sham, Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar (the Army of the Emigrants and Helpers, or Muhajireen Army), ...

War-torn Syria has become a battleground for competing ideologies as much as rival militias. The ultra-extremist Salafi-jihadism of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been the loudest ...

The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, Ahrar al Sham, and elements of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army have advanced on regime positions in the northwestern province of Idlib.

In the midst of debate over how (or whether) to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, a Salafi-jihadist group in northern Syria has presented a means to do just this. In a set of op-eds in the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The State Department is reportedly trying to walk back comments that Secretary of State John Kerry made about Syria during an appearance in Aspen, ...

NEW: U.S. defense official says Khorasan Group bomb-maker was killed in an airstrike NEW: At least six al-Nusra Front militants killed in airstrike near Aleppo, monitoring group says Airstrike hits ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) --Overnight airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria hit the Islamist rebel group Ahrar al Sham for the first time. One strike hit the group's Babsaqa headquarters, near ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - When an explosion killed almost all of its leaders in a single blow last year, many thought it was the end for Ahrar al-Sham, a powerful Syrian insurgent group founded by members ...

31 January 2012 The Chairman of Iraq's al-Ahrar (Liberals) Bloc, Bahaa al-Aaraji, has highly assessed the decision of al-Iraqiya Bloc, led by former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, to resume attending ...