Ahmed al-Sharaa has declared himself president, but the country is fractured among competing armed factions.

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a ...

Syria’s new leaders hosted a conference at which Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al Jolani) was appointed as the president of Syria for the transitional period.

Sharaa’s plans for Syria risk repeating past rebel mistakes. Negotiated, inclusive constitutional reform is key to Syrian ...

Syria's presidential office says the country's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has held extensive discussions on a range of ...

The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in 2021 inspired Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria. This influence was evident at a September 2021 symposium in Idlib titled “Jihad ...

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

One of the most remarkable outcomes of the toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebel group leading the coalition now ...

Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran as its main region ...

Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad's ouster last month, has been appointed interim president and tasked with ...

The visit by Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Gulf Arab state could signal his government's strategy of ...