Highlights
- 2024-12-10 13:45 HCS, as it’s called, broke away from Al Qaeda in 2018. It claims to have moderated significantly since then, but it is still designated a terrorist organization by the us, The UK and many other countries. It’s led by someone who goes by two names. His real name, if you like, is Ahmed al Shara. He’s also got a nom de guerre or war name, and that’s Abu Mohammed al Jalani he is in his early 40s and spent time in Iraq fighting with militias there.