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Fighters affiliated with Syria's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) rebel-group, listen to a trainee as they take part in a military excercise on attacking tactics with live ammunition, on the outskirts of the northwestern province of Idlib, on November 8, 2022. The last pocket of armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime includes large swathes of Idlib province and parts of the neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, is the dominant group in the area but other rebel groups are also active. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)