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Abu Mohammed al-Golani may become the face of post-Assad Syria – but who is he and why does he have $10M US bounty on his head?

  • Written by Sara Harmouch, Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs, American University
imageSupporters greet Abu Mohammed al-Golani as the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024. Aref Tammawi/AFP via Getty Images

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad has left a critical question: After a half-century of brutal dynastic rule has come to an end, who speaks for Syrians now?

One group staking a major claim for that role is Hayat Tahrir...

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