15 hours ago · Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since his rebel coalition ousted the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

16 hours ago · Syria’s interim president has made his first trip abroad, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran as its main regional ally By JON GAMBRELL ...

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16 hours ago · Al-Sharaa and HTS have carefully managed their public image in the time since, with the interim president favoring an olive-colored military look similar to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, appointing women to roles and trying to maintain ties to Syria’s Christian and Shiite Alawite populations.. That also includes …

11 hours ago · Syria's interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus' shift away from Iran as its main regional ally. Ahmad al-Sharaa ...

8 hours ago · Syria's interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus' shift away from Iran as its main regional ally. Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida, landed in Riyadh alongside his government's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani. The two men traveled on a Saudi ...

3 days ago · Under Mr. al-Shara’s stewardship, Syria’s interim government will now face a delicate political transition after the overthrow of the dictatorship led by President Bashar al-Assad.

4 days ago · DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a united front as they face the monumental task of rebuilding Syria after nearly 14 years of civil war.. The former insurgents also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Assad, saying a ...

4 days ago · The exact mechanism under which the factions selected him as interim president was also not clear. Formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, al-Sharaa is the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which ...

4 days ago · The spokesperson, Col. Hassan Abdul Ghani, speaking on behalf of a coalition of military factions, said Sharaa would take over duties of the country's president on an interim basis.