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The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad past period named an Islamist erstwhile rebel leader arsenic the country‘s interim president connected Wednesday successful a push to task a agreed beforehand arsenic they look the monumental task of rebuilding Syria aft about 14 years of civilian war.

The erstwhile insurgents besides threw retired Syria’s constitution, adopted nether Assad, saying a caller charter would beryllium drafted soon.

The assignment of Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was erstwhile aligned pinch al-Qaida, arsenic Syria’s president “in the transitional phase” came aft a gathering of the erstwhile insurgent factions successful Damascus, the Syrian capital.

The announcement was made by the spokesperson for Syria’s new, de facto government’s subject operations sector, Col. Hassan Abdul Ghani, the state-run SANA news agency said. The nonstop system nether which the factions selected al-Sharra arsenic interim president was not clear.

Formerly known arsenic Abu Mohammed al-Golani, al-Sharaa is the caput of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the lightning violative that toppled Assad successful early December. The group was erstwhile affiliated pinch al-Qaida but has since denounced its erstwhile ties.

In caller years, al-Sharaa has sought to formed himself arsenic a champion of pluralism and tolerance and promised to protect the authorities of women and belief minorities.

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The United States had antecedently placed a US$10 cardinal bounty connected al-Sharaa but canceled it past period aft a U.S. delegation visited Damascus and met pinch him. Top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, Barbara Leaf said aft the gathering that al-Sharaa came crossed arsenic “pragmatic.”

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Speaking astatine Wednesday’s meeting, al-Sharaa, who was successful subject uniform, stressed the “heavy task and a awesome responsibility” that Syria’s caller rulers face.

“If the victor is arrogant aft his triumph and forgets the favour of Allah upon him, it will lead him to tyranny,” he said, according to a video released hours later.

Among the priorities for rebuilding Syria, he said, will beryllium “filling the powerfulness vacuum legitimately and legally” and “maintaining civilian bid by seeking transitional justness and preventing revenge attacks” successful the aftermath of Assad’s disastrous reign.

Syrians took to the streets successful Damascus and elsewhere to observe the announcement, honking car horns and successful immoderate cases firing successful the air. Many expressed support for al-Sharaa.

“This personification is personification who is intelligent and has a bully knowing and he was the leader of the conflict that freed Syria,” said Abdallah al-Sweid, who was among those celebrating astatine Umayyad Square successful Damascus. “He is personification who deserves to beryllium president.”

Others — moreover those who had rejoiced astatine Assad’s ouster — appeared captious of the measurement the assignment was made and the deficiency of clarity connected adjacent steps.

“The problem is not successful the decisions. The problem is successful the timing, the erstwhile promises and the confusion,” said Mohammad Salim Alkhateb, an charismatic pinch the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces — a group formed by members of the guidance to Assad successful exile.

Qatar was the first to respond to al-Sharaa’s appointment, which had been expected, saying it welcomed decisions aimed astatine “enhancing statement and unity among each Syrian parties.” The connection added that this should thief pave the measurement for a “peaceful transportation of powerfulness done a broad governmental process.”

Western nations, though they person moved to reconstruct ties pinch Damascus aft Assad was overthrown, are still somewhat circumspect about Syria’s caller Islamist rulers.

Abdul Ghani, the spokesman, besides announced Wednesday that Syria’s constitution — adopted successful 2012, nether Assad’s norm — was annulled. He said al-Sharaa would beryllium authorized to shape a impermanent legislative assembly until a caller constitution is drafted.

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All the equipped factions successful the state would beryllium disbanded, Abdul Ghani said, and would beryllium absorbed into authorities institutions.

Since Assad’s fall, HTS has go the de facto ruling statement and has group up an interim authorities mostly composed of officials from the section authorities it antecedently ran successful rebel-held Idlib province.

The interim authorities person promised they would motorboat an inclusive process to group up a caller authorities and constitution, including convening a nationalist speech convention and induce Syria’s different communities, though nary day has been set.

As the erstwhile Syrian service collapsed pinch Assad’s downfall, al-Sharaa has called for creation of a caller unified nationalist service and information forces, but questions person loomed complete really the interim management tin bring together a patchwork of erstwhile rebel groups, each pinch their ain leaders and ideology.

Even knottier is the mobility of the U.S.-backed Kurdish groups that person carved retired an autonomous enclave early successful Syria’s civilian war, ne'er afloat siding pinch the Assad authorities aliases the rebels seeking to topple him. Since Assad’s fall, location has been an escalation successful clashes betwixt the Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed equipped groups allied pinch HTS successful bluish Syria.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were not coming astatine Wednesday’s gathering of the country’s equipped factions Wednesday and location was nary contiguous remark from the group.

At the World Economic Forum’s yearly gathering successful Davos this month, Asaad al-Shibani, Syria’s caller overseas curate and HTS official, said the state needs the world community’s thief arsenic it originates rebuilding aft the sadistic civilian war.

Sewell reported from Beirut.

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