Former al-Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani led overthrow of Syria’s Assad

Beirut, Lebanon Reuters As the commander of al-Qaeda’s franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction fighting to topple Bashar al-Assad. Today, he is the most recognisable of Syria’s triumphant rebels, having gradually stepped […]