In the group's charter it claimed to be at war with the government of
Bashar al-Assad,
Turkey, the
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army,
Russia,
Shias and
atheists. The charter also outlined the group's opposition to both
democratic and
communist governments and opposition to the various current Arab governments, most of whom are
secular. After the group's formation,
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) arrested the group's leadership in November 2017, as well as
Sami al-Oraydi, who left HTS and was formerly al-Nusra's top Sharia official. After the arrests, Ansar al-Furqan and HTS agreed not to weaken or compete with each other, until the later establishment of
Hurras al-Din led by several HTS defectors and al-Qaeda loyalists including al-Oraydi. ==See also==