Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria Dr Jerome Drevon, Senior Analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group (ICG), and Research Associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute Geneva, will present his work on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria, at a joint event organised by the Alwaleed Centre and the Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law (ECIGL), University of Edinburgh.OverviewIn December 2024, to global astonishment, former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a coalition to overthrow the Syrian regime. Dr Drevon’s work unravels HTS’s dramatic transformation since 2019, from a besieged insurgent enclave to a conservative Islamist government. Through interviews with HTS leaders including Ahmad al-Sharaa himself – as well as diplomats, dissidents and opponents – he explores the group’s pragmatic evolution while ruling Idlib province, in the face of global and local constraints.Dr Drevon is the author of several books on Islamic activism and violence in the Middle East, including recent works ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ with Oxford University Press (2024) and ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria’ with Hurst / Oxford University Press, (2025). He holds a PhD from Durham University, along with former positions at the universities of Manchester and Oxford, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).The event will be chaired by Dr Richard McNeil-Willson, Lecturer in Global Muslim Studies at the Alwaleed Centre, and Dr Gavin Sullivan, Reader in International Human Rights Law at the Edinburgh Law School. Oct 23 2025 17.30 - 19.00 Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria Join Dr Jerome Drevon as he discusses his new book with Dr Gavin Sullivan and Dr Richard McNeil-Willson. Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College University of Edinburgh EH8 9YL Find Venue Register Free
Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria Dr Jerome Drevon, Senior Analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group (ICG), and Research Associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute Geneva, will present his work on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria, at a joint event organised by the Alwaleed Centre and the Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law (ECIGL), University of Edinburgh.OverviewIn December 2024, to global astonishment, former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a coalition to overthrow the Syrian regime. Dr Drevon’s work unravels HTS’s dramatic transformation since 2019, from a besieged insurgent enclave to a conservative Islamist government. Through interviews with HTS leaders including Ahmad al-Sharaa himself – as well as diplomats, dissidents and opponents – he explores the group’s pragmatic evolution while ruling Idlib province, in the face of global and local constraints.Dr Drevon is the author of several books on Islamic activism and violence in the Middle East, including recent works ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ with Oxford University Press (2024) and ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria’ with Hurst / Oxford University Press, (2025). He holds a PhD from Durham University, along with former positions at the universities of Manchester and Oxford, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).The event will be chaired by Dr Richard McNeil-Willson, Lecturer in Global Muslim Studies at the Alwaleed Centre, and Dr Gavin Sullivan, Reader in International Human Rights Law at the Edinburgh Law School. Oct 23 2025 17.30 - 19.00 Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria Join Dr Jerome Drevon as he discusses his new book with Dr Gavin Sullivan and Dr Richard McNeil-Willson. Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College University of Edinburgh EH8 9YL Find Venue Register Free
Oct 23 2025 17.30 - 19.00 Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to power in Syria Join Dr Jerome Drevon as he discusses his new book with Dr Gavin Sullivan and Dr Richard McNeil-Willson.
