Trump Administration Removes Syrian Rebel Group from Terrorist List Amid Controversy

In a surprising move this July, the Trump administration announced its decision to remove Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations. HTS, a faction that played a key role in toppling Bashar al Assad's regime in Syria, has been notorious for its extremist roots as an offshoot of Al Qaeda-affiliated groups.The official statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified this delisting by citing HTS’s supposed dissolution and integration into the new Syrian provisional government's security forces under President Ahmed Al Sharaa. Rubio framed these changes as aligned with President Trump's vision of a...