The chief of the brand new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, waits to fulfill a Ukrainian delegation on Dec. 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.
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HOMS, Syria — Ahmed al-Sharaa, the chief of the Syrian insurgent group that overthrew Bashar al-Assad’s authorities, was named head of a brand new interim authorities, in accordance with the Syrian information company, citing a authorities spokesperson.
The spokesperson, Col. Hassan Abdul Ghani, talking on behalf of a coalition of army factions, stated Sharaa would take over duties of the nation’s president on an interim foundation. He additionally introduced that the nation’s outdated structure and parliament had been dissolved, as had a number of political events affiliated with the previous regime.
Sharaa was already the de facto head of Syria’s authorities ever since a coalition of insurgent fighters anchored by his group, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or HTS, swept by most of Syria and ousted the previous regime that had survived a decade of preventing in a grinding civil conflict.
The spokesperson additionally stated that Sharaa had been approved to type a brief legislative council, till a brand new structure is authorised and comes into impact.
Celebratory gunfire and avenue celebrations broke out within the capital Damascus and town of Homs as information of Sharaa’s appointment was introduced late Wednesday.
