Nice suits, dark intentions? Is Syria really free with new leaders a month after Assad?

They leave their battle names on the battlefield, exchange their army clothing for neatly tailored suits and give Western media an insight into their country: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is doing everything it can to polish their image. Experts are skeptical. They criticize Syria’s new interim government and their course. “It looks like a jihadist puppet show,” says Syria expert Peshmerge Morad.

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