A fighter affiliated with Syria's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) rebel-group, takes part in a military excercise on attacking tactics with live ammunition, on the outskirts of the northwestern province of Idlib, on November 8, 2022. - The last pocket of armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime includes large swathes of Idlib province and parts of the neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, is the dominant group in the area but other rebel groups are also active. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
![A fighter affiliated with Syria's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) rebel-group, takes part in a military excercise on attacking tactics with live ammunition, on the outskirts of the northwestern province of Idlib, on November 8, 2022. - The last pocket of armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime includes large swathes of Idlib province and parts of the neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, is the dominant group in the area but other rebel groups are also active. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)](https://embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/id/1244636602/photo/syria-conflict-hts.jpg?s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=zr-T5wdb8uYh59kTu9Qu8Pceklpe0dh35bw3AVBhzkU=&Expires=1722128400&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIJLYLGZE3LWJLKRA&Signature=Q79gdCsaFVJDn9Q4e2DBwflle6DNu4bkPEnG3xbtSujYbDM~f8S3xSRcA4I6SPSoOcQv~zbK3o-VDe0F-cnkcj97kr0Hpp7aKJM8LlAmhSaLbIBxWP8KtwAWw1fI24A0PNvyvEIi11aeKmtbkPhkhFftFyeAe3nWljVdWv9qWgvhusSn0n4bGl~T21R4COBFI-A3EkQYHiWIJZvTqkFECs9pC7sGWzOALe4JGLDbN9bbUpDYPMRWVt0ZCwH8qh8UuZyZYvRfhb~wqrhSO8lGSxOLpCny2z5bd50aEjEY~sRTZ2d3L~Zy2cqttU276yciSyCrM3o3Nbj-OXVYch98qnJiaPyRqqr8Z9Fm6hDBZ6fVWzL6PwNfNv7tGFOISDVswdehhEyf3r3XY12GTcL9YdWffjZGIbVHXLV8ajQN8WpX1Lu-uJBgjxekC7YZ~zxOcvPY67J5yFfnfF-huvS81KuHKRsTUPolTk8ExL0W2lJWrFVlEeNZx68vfyAH-BemGsBYGSKps31cYToKTB2fWfygXUs-sn7dhiOrmrI1B6SuFh0Z~XJ0p8SwA0-rgsOJRWNnuURQhnHCSc4XyezWJsYIB~fvzOzkkbNFGTS-YGlF18TqCxuumjbjP~OaiIY96XA~KjrNxk-JayjPt0z5O7OPumRRRz-uHS3swO-2mQw_)