UNITED NATIONS ¨C United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no ¡°active ties¡± this year between al-Qaida and the Islamist group leading Syria¡¯s interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.S. push for removing U.N. sanctions on Syria.
The report, seen on Thursday, is likely to be published this month.
Hay¡¯at Tahrir al-Sham is al-Qaida¡¯s former branch in Syria but broke ties in 2016. The group, previously known as al-Nusra Front, led the rebellion that toppled President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive in December, and HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa became Syria¡¯s interim president.
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