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Leading Syrian rebel group said to demand disarmament of country’s Palestinian factions
By Gianluca Pacchiani Follow
Today, 5:06 pm
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group that spearheaded
the insurgency that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has
reportedly ordered Palestinian terror factions in Syria to lay down
their weapons, close their training camps and dissolve their military formations.

According to a report published in the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese daily
Al-Akhbar on Friday, HTS has informed the Palestinian factions, chiefly
among them Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine, headquartered in Damascus, that they will be
able to retain their charities and conduct political activities under
the aegis of the Syrian state, but will not be allowed to use Syria as a
base or a point of passage for military actions against Israel.

HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, a
former al-Qaeda member, has sought to rebrand himself and his group as a moderate force that will stabilize Syria and respect religious
minorities, and has indicated that he will not seek military
confrontation with Israel.

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