![Ghaith Alsayed Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham block a road in front of demonstrators protesting against them in Binnish town, in Idlib province, Syria, Friday, May 17, 2024. Members of Syria's most powerful insurgent group in the country's rebel-held northwest fired bullets in the air and beat up protesters with clubs Friday injuring some of them as weekslong protests demanding release of detainees and an end to the group's rule intensified. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bd6f9be9eec44d75a3d6c8cd97dc5f5d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham block a road in front of demonstrators protesting against them in Binnish town, in Idlib province, Syria, Friday, May 17, 2024. Members of Syria's most powerful insurgent group in the country's rebel-held northwest fired bullets in the air and beat up protesters with clubs Friday injuring some of them as weekslong protests demanding release of detainees and an end to the group's rule intensified. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
![Ghaith Alsayed A Syrian protester holds up a placard during a protest against al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group in Binnish town, in Idlib province, Syria, Friday, May 17, 2024. Members of Syria's most powerful insurgent group in the country's rebel-held northwest fired bullets in the air and beat up protesters with clubs Friday injuring some of them as weekslong protests demanding release of detainees and an end to the group's rule intensified. The placard shows drawings of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the late Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abu Mohammed al-Golani leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, once linked to al-Qaida and the Arabic writing reads: "Assad = Baghdadi = al-Golani. The faces are different but the crime is one." (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7d059178b2c1440e9d24919cb8df7d3f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Syrian protester holds up a placard during a protest against al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group in Binnish town, in Idlib province, Syria, Friday, May 17, 2024. Members of Syria's most powerful insurgent group in the country's rebel-held northwest fired bullets in the air and beat up protesters with clubs Friday injuring some of them as weekslong protests demanding release of detainees and an end to the group's rule intensified. The placard shows drawings of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the late Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abu Mohammed al-Golani leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, once linked to al-Qaida and the Arabic writing reads: "Assad = Baghdadi = al-Golani. The faces are different but the crime is one." (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)