really good Newlines piece by @hhassan.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and how they, and particularly their leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani have set themselves up as a potential successor regime to Assad
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-backstory-behind-the-fall-of-aleppo/
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-backstory-behind-the-fall-of-aleppo/
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which could be good because it means he won't be setting up a Taliban state on the Mediterranean if it makes taking power any harder, or bad because he's just a Wahhabist Assad
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/by-running-aleppo-syrian-rebels-seek-show-they-are-alternative-assad-2024-12-06/