"Be Patient Mujahid". The video statement of HTS leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani.

On 17 March 2023, the official media of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant, released a 4:24-minute video message by its leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani entitled: “Speech on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the Syrian revolution”.

This is the second political video in which the leader of HTS appears, the previous one was in January to reject any possible reconciliation with the government of Bashar al-Assad (You can read about it here: We will not reconcile!!! The speech of HTS leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani).

There are two key elements of his speech to the Syrian people, fierce criticism of the government of Bashar al-Assad and its Russian and Iranian allies, and praise of HTS and its Syrian Salvation Government.