Written Question·Home Office·UIN 85745

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published on 21 October 2025, on what date she commenced the process

Answer

Dan Jarvis
HTS was proscribed as an alias of Al Qa’ida in 2017. The Government no longer assesses HTS to be an alias of AQ.The decision to remove HTS as an alias of Al Qa’ida was based on assessments and relevant information available at the time. Every proscription...

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