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The territories ruled by the Syrian opposition are being reorganised.
The leaderless revolution has given way to a seizure of power by
vanguardist and ideological organisations, be it the PYD in the
northeast or HTS, the former local branch of AQ, in Idlib. However,
these organisations cannot resist the regime’s military threat to
reconquer the territories or the Turkish intervention by themselves.
They need to manage the internationalisation of the conflict to protect
themselves and find space in the broader strategic game around Syria.
This is the strategy of HTS. After emerging from the matrix of AQ's
global jihad, since 2017 HTS has sought to ‘institutionalise’ the
revolution by imposing its military hegemony and full control of the
institutions of local governance. The group has thus marginalised the
revolutionary milieu, other Islamists and the threat posed by AQ
supporters and IS cells in Idlib. HTS’s domination was followed by a
policy of gradual opening and mainstreamisation. The group has had to
open up to local communities and make concessions, especially in the
religious sphere. HTS is seeking international acceptance with the
development of a strategic partnership with Turkey and desires to open
dialogue with Western countries. Overall, HTS has transformed from
formerly being a salafi jihadi organisation into having a new mainstream
approach to political Islam.
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