News From Antiwar.com By Jason Ditz
Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government has been unclear about what their position will be on the Palestinians. That’s an important issue because there is a large Palestinian population within Syria. It’s also an important topic because the US has recently issued demands for Syria to “ban” all Palestinian groups from operating or fundraising in the country.
HTS hasn’t made any public statements, but they did recently meet with Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas in Damascus, a meeting that Israel was trying to prevent. That hints toward engagement with the Palestinian Authority, but how on the heels of that, the HTS has also arrested two top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members.
The two were identified as PIJ’s Syrian head Khaled Khaled, and the group’s organizing committee for Syria leader Abu Ali Yasser. No official Syrian statement about the arrests have been made, and some media are suggesting there hasn’t even been an official charge yet.
PIJ has long had a substantial presence in Syria, and was often alligned with the Assad-era government, even though they are a Sunni Islamist faction which ideologically would seem to have more in common with HTS and the other rebels that eventually took power in Syria…
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