They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

For more recent analysis of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), see this August 2023 post from the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program's Examining Extremism series. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or ...