(20 Aug 2021) Members and supporters of one of northwest Syria's strongest militant groups rallied in Idlib on Friday in support of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
A convoy of cars paraded through the streets of the city bearing the flags of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Taliban, honking horns and firing weapons into the air.
Idlib is one of Syria's last rebel-held areas after 10 years of war.
The Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a week, despite the billions of dollars spent by the US and NATO over nearly 20 years to build up Afghan security forces.

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