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Turkey maintains intelligence and limited influence over the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a coalition of jihadist fighters that split from Al-Qaeda. While Turkey aims to steer HTS towards cooperation with the Syrian National Army (SNA), the relationship remains tenuous, as the HTS seeks greater autonomy following its success in Aleppo. The SNA, which acts as a proxy for Turkey, strives to uphold its interests in rejecting Iranian and Kurdish influences in Syria, yet rising tensions between these rebel factions paint a complicated picture of internal conflict.