Turkey Ready to Back Syria's New Government, Open to HTS Leadership Despite Al-Qaeda Links

Turkey's Defense Minister, Yasar Guler, announced Ankara's willingness to provide military support to Syria's new government upon request. Guler urged the international community to give the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leadership a chance, despite the group's ties to Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch, which many nations have designated as a terrorist organization. This marks a major shift in regional alliances post-Assad