January 30, 2025

Reuters. Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad.   Sharaa was also empowered to form a temporary legislative council for a transitional period and the Syrian constitution was suspended,…

A high-ranking Russian delegation, led by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the Russian President’s Special Representative for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, arrived in Damascus for the first time since the fall of the Bashar Assad regime, BBC reports.   The new Syrian leadership was represented at the talks by the head of the new…