“This victory, my brothers, is a victory for the entire Islamic nation,” he told his tiny entourage, who stumbled behind him against the backdrop of the mosque’s distinctive black and white stone splendor.
“This victory, my brothers, by the grace of God Almighty (follows) the sacrifices of the martyrs, the widows, and the orphans.
This victory, my brothers, has come through the suffering of those who endured imprisonment,” he said.
People welcome the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, before his speech at the Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024.
But it is a message Jolani will know is being heard in Tel Aviv and Washington, where he is considered to be a member of a proscribed terrorist organisation with a $10 million dollar bounty on his head.
Persons:
Abu Mohammad al, al, Damascus’s, ”, Bashir al, Assad, God, Jolani, Tahrir, Abu Mohammed al, Aref Tammawi, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Jolani “, “
Organizations:
CNN, Getty, Hezbollah
Locations:
Damascus, al Qaeda, Tahrir, Syria, Umayyad, AFP, Iran, Lebanon, Tel Aviv, Washington