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By Abdulrahman Shaheen and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

This undated photo released by a militant group in 2016, shows Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria's al-Qaida affiliate, second from right, discussing battlefield details with commanders in Aleppo, Syria. (Militant UGC via AP, File)

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?

By Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 30, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran, which had closely backed Assad, says Syrians should decide country’s future

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Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family’s half-century rule

By Abdulrahman Shaheen and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family’s half-century rule

By Abdulrahman Shaheen and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organization stand in front of a destroyed house in Atareb, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. The man known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, is trying hard to distance his group from its al-Qaida origins, spreading a message of pluralism and religious tolerance.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists

By Ghaith Alsayed and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

FILE -- This undated file photo, shows Abu Mohammed al-Golani, second right, then leader of Fatah al-Sham Front, in pictures posted by the group, discussing battlefield details with field commanders over a map, in Aleppo, Syria. Russia's military announced Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, that it carried out airstrikes in Syria this week that critically wounded al-Golani, the leader of the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee and killed 12 other militant commanders. Writing in Arabic banner reads, &quot;Sheik Abu Mohammed al-Golani inspects military development and discusses them with military commanders as part of the battle for lifting the siege off Aleppo.&quot; (Militant UGC via AP, file)

The Latest: Al-Qaida-linked group denies leader was wounded

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Iraqi government intelligence officials on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 shows Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani. Iraqi intelligence officials that the shadowy leader of the powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria has sought to kidnap United Nations workers. The officials say they obtained the information about al-Golani, after capturing members of another al-Qaida group and that men gave them the first known photograph of al-Golani and letters written by the militant leader. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)

Al Qaeda leader targeting U.N. workers in Syria

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press