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Rebel Leader Who Overthrew al-Assad Is Declared Syria’s President

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a transitional period.

The Washington Post · 2d

Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president

The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month have named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president in a push to project a united front as they face the mo

Yahoo · 1d

Syrian rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa named transitional president

Sharaa, the leader of the main rebel group who led the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, has been named Syria's transitional president, the country's military command announced on Jan. 29.

Voice of America · 1d

Former rebel leader is Syria’s new interim president

A former rebel leader who helped defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last month was named interim president of the country Wednesday. Commanders of military factions that toppled the former regime named Ahmed al-Sharaa,

Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

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UN war crimes investigators say Syria 'rich in evidence'

Despite concerns around the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar al-Assad's rule, UN investigators stressed Friday that plenty of ...

Al Jazeera English1d

Syria’s Baath party dissolved: What happens next?

Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, ...

Al-Monitor3d

Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops

Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...

Qatar's Emir visits Syria, first head of state to visit Damascus since Assad's fall

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday and met newly declared transitional President Ahmed ...

Новости Украины1d

Syria's new government demands russia extradite fugitive dictator Bashar al-Assad - media

The new government of Syria has demanded that the aggressor country of russia extradite former Syrian dictator Bashar ...

Al-Monitor6h

Syria's new leader pledges 'national dialogue conference'

Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a "national dialogue conference" in his first address to the nation since the fall of ...

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Inside Bashar Al Assad’s favourite presidential palace

The Muhajireen presidential palace in central Damascus, one of the Syrian capital's most beautiful architectural landmarks, ...

The anti-corruption radio DJ who defied Assad

With pills to calm his heart and CCTV monitoring his stairs, one man set out to hold politicians, police and even regime ...

Anadolu Ajansi1d

Qatari emir meets interim Syrian president in Damascus

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s visit first by an Arab leader since fall of Bashar al-Assad - Anadolu Ajansı ...

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Russian officials make first visit to Damascus since Assad's overthrow

Senior Russian officials arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for their first meetings with Syria's new leadership under Hayat ...

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Syria: Syrian Symphony Orchestra returns to the stage

The Syrian National Symphony Orchestra returned Thursday to the stages of Damascus after a month and a half of silence ...

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