Syria, Bashar Assad

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.
Leader of rebels who toppled Syria’s Assad is named country’s interim president
Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a new one will be drafted soon.
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country’s interim president
The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim president, following a meeting of the former insurgent factions.
Ahmed al-Sharaa declares himself president of Syria
The commander appointed Mr Sharaa interim president, dissolved Mr Assad’s Baath Party, and announced the formation of a legislative council that will govern Syria until a new constitution can be agreed.
Ahmed al-Sharaa named Syria's transitional president
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad. Rebel military commander Hassan Abdul Ghani also announced the cancellation of Syria's 2012 constitution and the dissolution of the former regime's parliament,
Sources to The Media Line: Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Disbanded, Ahmed al-Sharaa Appointed as Syria’s President
The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting. After 54 years of Assad family rule, Syria enters a new era with Ahmed al-Sharaa as transitional president.
Syria administration says Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed interim president
Sharaa, who took the helm after longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, was appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported. Sharaa was appointed “as the country’s president in the transitional phase”,
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Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander ... Christian party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, on ...
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Supporters of ousted dictator Bashar Al-Assad flee Syria
NPR's Emily Feng and Jawad Rizkallah met some of them across the Syrian border in Lebanon, where many are ... which former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his family also belong to and who ...
Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad
Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions ...
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Laila Bassam
The parliament elected army chief ... mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new ...
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Lebanon rally calls for release of Islamists jailed during Syria war
The prisoners include Lebanese who had gone to fight with rebels and jihadists against the forces of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad during the conflict, which began in 2011, and were arrested upon ...