Mohammed Sobhi al-Nashef, a former media operative for IS-IS, has been appointed director of the Digital Media Department in Raqqa under HTS Syria’s Al-Jolani, sparking widespread controversy and outrage. ■ The controversy centers on a widely circulated 2015 photograph showing al-Nashef near al-Na'im Roundabout in Raqqa, with s-vered heads visible behind him, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. #VPol