On Tuesday 17 December, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen called for closer relations between the EU and the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
“Europe is ready to do its part to support Syria at this critical juncture (...) We have to step up and continue our direct engagement with HTS and other factions”, she stressed at a press briefing in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
From Strasbourg, High Representative of the Union for...