>it's unfair to call us terrorists
t. Al Qaeda in Syria chief
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/4/4/hts-terror-designation-unfair-jolani-claims-in-first-interview

Funnily enough, wearing a suit alone was newsworthy, marking his effort to improve his image and have his force seen as having exclusively Syrian goals and no risk to the West. He's interviewed by international media despite being on the wanted list.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/02/syria-hts-leader-picture-suit-western-media-opposition.html

And even gets called the "least bad option" by James Jeffrey.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/did-former-us-officials-support-extremists-in-syria-as-an-asset-664248

>>43213
It's a local group pledging loyalty to ISIS, it's not like they moved fighters all the way to Mozambique.

>>43236
Reminds me of the days before the 1964 coup in Brazil, when setting the date general Guedes was worried about the lunar phase, he thought they'd have bad luck if it happened on a waning moon.