Syria Has a New Temporary Constitution. Here Are the Highlights.
Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.
Syria's Interim President Signs Constitutional Declaration For 5 Year Transition
The document, regarded as an "interim constitution," specifies that the president's religion is Islam and that Islamic law is ...
New York Sun20d
Syrian Acting President Aiming To Transform to a Moderate Nationalist From an Avowed Jihadist, but Minority Kurds and Druze Are Skeptical
One reason the Kurdish group, the Syrian Democratic Forces, is pushing back against Ahmed al-Shara’s calls for unity is that Turkey’s president, who views the SDF ...
Syria’s new government confronts Hezbollah - analysis
The Syrian government is also trying to deal with the fallout of clashes in Latakia in which numerous civilians were killed ...
Global Voices4h
After Assad: Sectarian violence and the struggle for Syria’s future
Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...
Middle East Eye1d
Lebanese army and Syrian forces clash on northeastern border
The clashes follow a night of shelling from Syria into Lebanon after the death of three Syrian soldiers in the country ...
Foreign Affairs3d
In Syria, Moving Forward Means Looking Back
PHUONG PHAM is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Foreign Affairs14d
America Can Best Help Syria by Getting Out
Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...
Al Bawaba News23d
Al-Sharaa invited to participate in Arab summit in Egypt
ALBAWABA - The Syrian presidency confirmed on Sunday that President Ahmed al-Shara received an invitation from his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to join the emergency Arab summit ...
Hundreds of civilians reported killed in massacres as violence in Syria spirals
International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid ...
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Syria's Pres.: Killing of Alawites threatens unity of state, those responsible will be punished
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, told Reuters that the massacres of members of the Alawite community were jeopardizing his efforts to unify the country. He promised to prosecute those ...