{"id":2918,"date":"2025-01-30T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/syrias-ahmed-al-shara-named-as-president-during-transitional-period\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:45:45","slug":"syrias-ahmed-al-shara-named-as-president-during-transitional-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/syrias-ahmed-al-shara-named-as-president-during-transitional-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s Ahmed al-Shara Named as President During Transitional Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The rebel coalition that seized control of Syria last month appointed its leader, Ahmed al-Shara, as president of the country to preside over a transitional period, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for the coalition, Col. Hassan Abdel Ghani, also declared that the Constitution had been nullified and the legislature and army formed under the country\u2019s deposed dictator, Bashar al-Assad, were dissolved, according to the state news agency, SANA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The declarations amounted to the country\u2019s first official steps toward establishing a new government after the rebel coalition led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or H.T.S., swept into the capital, Damascus, last month in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/10\/world\/middleeast\/syria-civil-war-rebels-timeline-assad.html\" title=\"\">a lightning offensive<\/a> that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/21\/world\/middleeast\/assad-regime-syria-final-days.html\" title=\"\">toppled Mr. al-Assad<\/a>.<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>Mr. al-Shara, who led that coalition, has since been serving as the country\u2019s de facto leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As president of the transitional government, Mr. al-Shara will be at the helm of a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/12\/world\/middleeast\/syria-assad-photos.html\" title=\"\">once unimaginable period<\/a> of transition in Syria, which had been ruled by the iron fist of the Assad family for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After nearly 14 years of civil war that left Syria severely fractured, Mr. al-Shara is trying to unite many disparate rebel factions under a single government. But it was not immediately clear whether there was a broad consensus among those groups about his appointment as president for a transitional period or how long that period would last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The declarations on Wednesday were published during a meeting in Damascus between H.T.S. officials and leaders of some of the other rebel groups that opposed Mr. al-Assad. By making the flurry of announcements during that forum, H.T.S. leaders appeared to be trying to demonstrate that Mr. al-Shara had won the support of various rebel groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, H.T.S. officials did not publish any information about which rebel groups were present at the meeting or the process through which they appointed Mr. al-Shara, leaving uncertainty over whether there was a unified front behind these steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since H.T.S. seized Damascus in early December, Mr. al-Shara has laid out lofty goals for Syria, including rebuilding the state, ridding state institutions of corruption and cronyism, and freeing the country from the terror that defined Mr. al-Assad\u2019s government \u2014 particularly during the country\u2019s long civil war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat Syria needs today is greater than ever before,\u201d he said in remarks published by SANA on Wednesday. \u201cJust as we were determined to liberate it in the past, our duty now is to commit to rebuilding and advancing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But many Syrians have questioned whether Mr. al-Shara will be able to deliver on the sweeping promises of H.T.S. and reconcile his rebel group\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/02\/world\/middleeast\/syria-rebels-hts-who-what.html\" title=\"\">militant Islamist root<\/a>s with a largely secular state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His armed Islamist group evolved years ago from an affiliate of Al Qaeda and Mr. al-Shara has had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head for years. American officials under the Biden administration announced in a visit to Damascus last month that they planned to scrap that designation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Shara is now expected to establish a temporary legislative council that will govern the country until a new Constitution is adopted, according to SANA. That council will be tasked with overseeing a country left largely in disarray after Mr. al-Assad fled in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Syria\u2019s economy is destroyed and its currency is nearly worthless. Parts of the country are still effectively controlled by Kurdish and other militias that either oppose or do not fully trust Mr. al-Shara\u2019s rebel coalition. And the coalition is overstretched, with far too few fighters to maintain security over the entire country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since seizing the capital, Mr. al-Shara and his associates have effectively transplanted leaders from their rebel government in the northwestern province of Idlib \u2014 known as the Syrian Salvation Government \u2014 to Damascus. Many of those officials\u2019 credentials are more religious than professional, leaving some Syrians skeptical of both their intentions and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most of those officials belong to the country\u2019s Sunni Muslim majority, stoking concerns among the country\u2019s many minorities including Shiites, Druse, Christians and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, H.T.S. officials laid out an ambitious time frame for establishing a permanent new government in Syria. They said that within three months, they would arrange a conference with community leaders, professors, intellectuals and others \u2014 including members of Syria\u2019s many religious sects \u2014 to discuss the formation of a representative, caretaker government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not immediately clear on Wednesday whether the rebels still planned to hold a meeting with community leaders before the March 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The group also said it intended to create a committee to draw up a new constitution in the coming years, according to H.T.S. leaders, and establish a justice system to try people accused of atrocities during Mr. al-Assad\u2019s dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reham Mourshed contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async 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