Namık Durukan In many centers, there have been large protests against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Al-Nusra Front), which controls most of northwest Syria, including Idlib, Latakia, Aleppo, and Afrin, and against the leader of the organization, Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani. In the shows, where women also participated, Jawlani was asked to release the opponents imprisoned and to step down from the administration. Abu Maria al-Qahtani, the leading opposition figure of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, who was arrested after the effective demonstrations in the region, has been released. The region’s response to the repressive practices of the government Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, which controls the region in conflict with the Syrian regime reinforced by Russia in Idlib, culminated in mass demonstrations. The Jawlani troops, who had taken action after the leadership conflict that erupted within the organization last year, started extensive operations against opposition groups within the organization. As part of the operations, HTS under the leadership of Jawlani took control of most of northwest Syria, including Afrin. Jawlani, who had joined him after neutralizing the opposition groups within the organization, neutralized some of those who had not sworn loyalty and their leaders, and arrested some of them. Women also support The protests, which recently started in the region after the death of a young man as a result of torture in HTS prisons, continue to take on massive proportions. It was noteworthy that women strongly supported the demonstrations. The shows, which started after the last Friday prayer in many cities and towns in the outskirts of Idlib, had an impact in the city center as well as in the districts and cities of Binnish, Jericho, Jisr el Shuğur, Maarat Misrin, and Kafr Takharim. Thousands took to the streets in many districts and cities in the outskirts of Aleppo, as well as in the city of Afrin at the northwestern end of Aleppo towards Turkey and in Atarip in the west. It was claimed that fire was opened on women who appeared in front of a police station to force Jawlani to resign from his leadership. Accusation of collaboration with the USA In the slogans chanted during the demonstrations, it was stated that HTS led by Jawlani sabotaged the Syrian revolution, arrested and tortured dissidents fighting against the regime, and that many dissidents lost their lives as a result of torture in HTS dungeons. According to opposition groups, the current government is cooperating with the USA. Opposition leaders released Abu Maria al-Qahtani, one of the leaders of the organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, who was arrested a year ago on the charge of planning a coup within the organization to weaken demonstrations against the government, has been released. It was reported that Qahtani, the leader of the opposition group, was acquitted by the court after his trial. Expectation of gradual decay According to observers closely monitoring the developments in the region, the effective mass demonstrations against HTS and its leader Jawlani in northwest Syria are intensifying the government crisis in the region and leading to a gradual decay of the government in the long run. The Syrian regime and Russia consider HTS, which controls most of northwest Syria, as „terrorist“ and ask Turkey for help in resolving the situation. Who is Jawlani? Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1982 and returned to Syria with his family in 1989 at the age of 7. Sharaa, originally from a Golan family, changed his name to Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani and used the Culani moniker. Sharaa lived from his childhood to his youth in the Mezze district of Damascus. Jawlani, who interrupted his studies at the Faculty of Media at Damascus University and joined the war against US forces in Iraq, fought against US forces in Mosul. After a short time, Jawlani joined Al-Qaeda in Iraq under the leadership of Zarqawi. Jawlani, who was captured and detained by US forces in 2006, was imprisoned for five years in the Abu Ghraib, Taji, and Bucca prisons. Jawlani, recruited from the Taji prison in March 2011, returned to Syria with his group. Jawlani, who founded the Nusra Front in Syria in 2012, declared that they were loyal to Al-Qaeda, as ISIS leader Baghdadi had announced that the Nusra Front was linked to them, and stated that they were the branch of this organization in Syria. Jawlani, who dissolved the Nusra Front in 2016, founded the Damascus Conquest Front and then the organization Hayat Tahrir Sham in 2017. Jawl