Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare photograph of him as a child, found in a dossier compiled by Assad’s intelligence services, Sharaa has the same unsmiling, enigmatic expression he is often seen wearing today.

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a temporary constitution that will be in force for a five-year transitional period, three months after his forces led a lightning offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an inclusive society in a country with a delicate sectarian and religious mix.

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase

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By bnm Gulf bureau Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a draft constitutional declaration, making him president of Syria for a five-year transitional period, state media reported on March 13. The committee tasked with drafting the constitutional declaration has granted the new Syrian president the authority to declare a state of emergency,

Religious and ethnic minorities, as well as the US and Europe, are wary about freedom of expression protections

A recent explosion of deadly violence and reprisals has raised the pressure on domestic leaders and international allies to secure Syria for its residents as quickly as possible. View on euronews

Sharaa, Syria's new leader, signed a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. Sharaa, taking the lead of the region after Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship,