Syrian Rebels Took A Year To Plan Bahar al-Assad’s Ouster: Report
Damascus: Syria’s Islamist-led rebel alliance had been planning the surprise ouster of President Basher al-Assad for a year, an opposition military leader told the Guardian in an interview published Friday. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist group, which says it has moved away from its roots in Al-Qaeda, has long-controlled a part of northwest Syria….