Etymology

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Today it means: A political and paramilitary Sunni Islamic organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War. Full definition →

Arabic هَيْئَةُ تَحْرِيرِ ٱلشَّام
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromهَيْئَةُ تَحْرِيرِ ٱلشَّام“Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant”
  2. English todayHay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Arabic هَيْئَةُ تَحْرِيرِ ٱلشَّام (hayʔatu taḥrīri š-šām, “Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant”).

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