It’s “far too early” to think about eradicating the Islamist rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad in Syria from the phobia checklist, Sir Keir Starmer has mentioned.

A senior Cupboard minister instructed the Authorities will assessment Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s standing earlier on Monday.

However the Prime Minister mentioned “no resolution is pending”.

Ministers are understood to observe whether or not the insurgent group’s rhetoric matches their actions. Sir Keir mentioned: “No resolution is pending in any respect on this, it’s far too early.

“In the meanwhile the main focus must be on speaking to our allies, ensuring that this is a chance for Syria and subsequently we have now to work to guarantee that it is a peaceable alternative.”

The Dwelling Workplace has beforehand declared that Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham – led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani “needs to be handled as a substitute title” to Al-Qaeda.

Shadow overseas secretary Dame Priti Patel mentioned the Authorities ought to think about the “potential risk” posed to the UK by the Syrian insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS),

She mentioned: “Can [Foreign Secretary David Lammy] additionally touch upon the chance to our safety from overseas terrorist fighters being free of prisons, and may he give his evaluation of the chance of the state’s weapons, together with potential chemical weapons, falling into the management of those that would trigger us hurt and threaten our safety?”

She added: “Can he give assurances that the Authorities with its companions will likely be contemplating the potential risk that HTS poses instantly, each for Syria and the area, in addition to our personal pursuits?

“Safety concerns ought to all the time be a primary consideration for us all, and we should always not overlook the place this group initially got here from. We should be trying not simply at their phrases, however at their actions.

“And for years, the Assad regime has been bailed out by the Russians, the Iranians and Hezbollah, however with Russia now centered on its unlawful invasion in Ukraine, and with Iran’s presence within the area now depleted, can the International Secretary give the Authorities’s evaluation of how this modification in Syria will have an effect on the dynamics of the present scenario within the time forward and what’s the technique for coping with Iran, who nonetheless need a foothold in Syria to use and funnel the distress that we have now seen for too lengthy?”

Cupboard Workplace minister Pat McFadden had instructed on Monday morning the Authorities will re-examine the classification after the rebels overthrew al-Assad’s regime.

No selections have been made “over the weekend”, Mr McFadden mentioned, including: “I feel it needs to be a comparatively swift resolution, so it’s one thing that must be thought-about fairly shortly, given the pace of the scenario on the bottom.”

McFadden, a detailed ally of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, mentioned al-Jolani’s rhetoric had given some trigger for optimism.

The opposition fighters who overthrew al-Assad introduced an amnesty for all military conscripts and vowed to guard minority ethnic and non secular teams after his forces captured Aleppo final week.

He added: “He’s saying a few of the proper issues in regards to the safety of minorities, about respecting folks’s rights so we are going to have a look at that within the days to return.”

Jolani, whose actual title is Ahmed al-Sharaa, was as soon as a member of al-Qaeda, however he and HTS break up with the worldwide terrorist group in 2016.

Jolani has mentioned he had deserted al-Qaeda’s targets of worldwide jihad and was now solely centered on ousting Assad and delivering Islamic governance in Syria.

He advised US broadcaster PBS in 2021: “Our involvement with al-Qaeda prior to now was an period, and it ended.

“And even at the moment once we had been with al-Qaeda, we had been in opposition to exterior assaults, and it’s utterly in opposition to our insurance policies to hold out exterior operations from Syria to focus on European or American folks. This was not a part of our calculations in any respect, and we didn’t do it in any respect.”

He had beforehand branded the designation of HTS as a terrorist group as “unfair” and “political”.

When requested on Sky Information whether or not the Authorities must look once more on the classification, Mr McFadden mentioned: “Yeah, we are going to. We’ll think about that. I feel it’s going to partly rely upon how that group behaves now.”

He mentioned he thought different nations worldwide, such because the US, might also have a look, however that “we have not made any selections on that over the weekend”.

The fast collapse of the Assad regime after 13 years of civil struggle noticed a coalition of insurgent teams seize Damascus on Sunday, with the previous president fleeing to Russia, one among his primary allies.

Mr Assad’s British spouse, Asma, is believed to be with him in Moscow.

The Dwelling Workplace mentioned: “HTS’s relationship with AQ has modified, with a splintering between the 2 organisations.

“The scenario on the bottom in Syria could be very fluid. The precedence should be the protection of Syrian civilians and securing a political resolution to the unfolding occasions.

“The Authorities doesn’t routinely touch upon whether or not a gaggle is being thought-about for proscription or de-proscription.”