What We Know About Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s Interim President
The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.
Syria: Ahmad al-Sharaa appointed as interim president for an unspecified period
Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been tasked with forming a "temporary" legislative council, whose mandate will last throughout the "transition period." This phase's duration was not specified.
Ahmed al-Sharaa named Syria's transitional president
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad. Rebel military commander Hassan Abdul Ghani also announced the cancellation of Syria's 2012 constitution and the dissolution of the former regime's parliament,
Sources to The Media Line: Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Disbanded, Ahmed al-Sharaa Appointed as Syria’s President
The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting. After 54 years of Assad family rule, Syria enters a new era with Ahmed al-Sharaa as transitional president.
Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president
Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria and ousted Assad's regime.
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Syria, Lebanon pledge 'long-term strategic relations' after Assad ouster
Syria was the dominant power in Lebanon for three decades under the Assad family, with president Hafez al-Assad intervening in its 1975-1990 civil war and his son Bashar al-Assad only ...
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Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president
The former insurgents on Wednesday also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Assad, saying a new charter would be ...
Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad
Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions ...
Saudi FM In Syria For First Visit Since Assad's Ouster
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of ...
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Zelensky to Boost Post-Assad Syria Relations Amid Russia Pullback
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Thursday that the country is poised to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria and increase agricultural exports to Lebanon, despite the ongoing ...
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Lebanon rally calls for release of Islamists jailed during Syria war
The prisoners include Lebanese who had gone to fight with rebels and jihadists against the forces of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad during the conflict, which began in 2011, and were arrested upon ...
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...
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Now Is the Time to Reimagine Lebanon
After the fall of President Bashar al-Assad ... Syria under Mr. Assad and before him his father, Hafez al-Assad, never considered Lebanon an independent country. As an occupier starting in ...