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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Audio/Video Release Rate Up 54% from Previous Highest Ever Quarter, Daily Rate Up 73% Over 2019

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) release rate for audio/video material from its official media arms, Ebaa, Amjad and Shamuna, is up 54% so far in Q1 2020 from its previous highest ever quarter of Q2 2019. The group is set to make Q1 2020 its highest production quarter ever and continues a long running upward trend for the group.

The HTS audio/video daily production rate is up 73% in 2020 from 2019. As of 26 Feb. 2020, HTS for 2020 has an audio/video release rate of 6.3 releases a day. In 2019, the rate was 3.6 releases a day. 

HTS began audio/video releases on 9 Feb. 2017. It has released 2,973 audio/video releases from then to 26 Feb. 2020 that amounted to more than 119 hours of material. The average runtime was 0:02:24 with the shortest being 0:00:07 and the longest being 0:41:00.

Ebaa News Network and its predecessor Ebaa News Agency are responsible for 86.71% of the group's releases with Shamuna coming in next at 6.29% and Amjad Media at 5.52%.