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UK removes HTS from list of banned terror groups
The UK lifted the ban on HTS to aid Syria's chemical weapons elimination and counter-Daesh efforts, reducing threats to the UK, officials said.
- Britain has removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , the rebel group that toppled Bashar Assad's regime, from its list of banned terrorist organizations.
- Deproscribing HTS will enable Britain to engage with Damascus to eliminate any remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and counter the threat from ISIS.
- The move follows the US easing sanctions on Syria earlier this year to support the country's path to 'stability and peace'.
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Starmer removes Syrian ISIS subsidiary HTS from terror ban list
The Starmer government has formally announced that it will be removing Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of banned, or ‘proscribed’, terrorist organisations. HTS, effectively ISIS in Syria and disowned by terrorist group al-Qaeda as too extreme, now runs Syria — despite resistance from groups opposing its slaughter of Syria’s religious minorities. Israel has a love hate relationship with them, attacking Syria’s arms depots and bombing ci…
·United Kingdom
Read Full ArticleUK drops Syrian leader Sharaa’s HTS, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, from terror outfit list
The government said in December last year that it could rethink the proscription, while President Donald Trump's administration revoked the U.S. foreign terrorist organisation designation for HTS in July
·Mumbai, India
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