Al-Sharaa president and no more Baath party: what else did Syria announce? | Syrian war news

Almost two months after the overthrow of Syrian Bashar Al-Assad, former Opposition commander and de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaoa appointed president for the transitional periodSyrian state media reported.

“It’s a monumental day,” said the correspondent of Al Jazeere Osama bin Javaid, reporting from Damascus. “This gives greater clarity for the path forward to this country because there was ambiguity of what this new administration would look like.”

What has been announced today?

The Syrian State News Agency Sana reported on Wednesday, quoting Commander Hassan Abdel Ghani, that Al-Sharaa was appointed president until the election was held.

Al-Sharaa is also authorized to form a temporary legislative Council for the transitional phase, which will perform its task until the new constitution is adopted.

All military fractures in Syria, including Syrian army and security forces, as well as al-Sharaa, own Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) were dissolved, as was the Constitution of the Earth, and Al-Assad’s Baath-Koja Party ruled the country for more than 60 years before Al-Assad was overthrown.

The announcements appeared during a meeting in Damascus attended by the commanders of the armed groups who fought along with HTS al-Sharaa to drop an al-Assad from power on December 8th.

“[Al-Sharaa] He tries to convince them that he will not only be represented, but will be part of the new Syria, “said Bin Javaid.

When will Syria hold the elections?

We do not know how long the transition period will last, because there is currently no schedule for Syria to maintain elections.

Al-Sharaa has earlier In order to organize elections in a war country, it can take four years.

In an interview with Saudi Arabic television Al Arabiya in December, Al-Sharaa said the assembly of the new constitution could take up to three years.

He said the elections are likely to be held after four years, because a new census should be carried out to determine the number of voters who meet the conditions in the country.

“Any meaningful elections will require the implementation of the comprehensive population,” he said.

Who is Ahmed al-Sharaa?

Al-Sharaa, which was previously known as Abu Mohammed al-JulaniHe was the leader of HTS, a group that became the most powerful armed opposition force in Syria and led an offensive that culminated in overthrowing Al-Assad last December.

HTS was an al-Qaeda branch earlier, but in recent years she has sought to moderate herself. Instead, Al-Sharaa positioned himself and his group as credible guardians of Syria released from Al-Assad, who brutally suppressed the popular uprising during the 2011 Arab Spring.

From the removal of Al-Assad, HTS became a de facto ruling party and founded a temporary government that was largely made up of officials from local government, which he had previously led in the Idlib rebel province.

In recent weeks of Al-Sharaa she met with foreign leader and diplomatsUnited Nations officers and International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan.

Is Syria still under foreign sanctions?

This week of EU Foreign Ministers considered Thing at a meeting in Brussels.

Some EU sanctions will be abolished as part of the wider EU moves to stabilize Damascus, the French Foreign Minister said.

The United States and the EU presented a series crippled sanctions About Syria in 2011, denying Damascus access to capital markets and trade revenue. Western restrictions on power cut off Syrian formal economy from the rest of the world.

Al-Sharaa and his government made it clear that the abolition of sanctions was crucial to the future of Syria.

“These sanctions affect everything in Syria, all aspects of Syrian society,” said Bin Javaid. “This will do or break how the economy works, how Syria will be able to move forward.”

What was the Arab Socialist Baath Party?

All remains of Al-Assad regime will be dissolved, including parliament, Syrian old constitution and al-Assadov Arabic Socialist Baath Party.

The Baath Party, whose goal was to unite Arab states in one nation, was founded by two Syrian Arab nationalists, Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and adopted its first constitution in 1947. At one point, the party ruled two years of Arab countries, Iraq and Syria.

In Syria, the Baath Party became inextricably linked to the Al-Assad family, which took power in 1970. For decades, the family has used a party and its pan-Arabic ideology for the control of the country. Many older military affairs were held by members of the Alavita family sect, and membership in the party was used as a cover to give it nationalist, not as a sectative nature.

After Al-Assad’s ejection, many members of the party leadership set out to hide or escape from the country. In a symbolic move, new rulers in Syria have transformed the former party headquarters in Damascus into a center where former members of the army and security forces are set up to register their names and hand their weapons.