Syria’s Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa Is Now Officially Interim President

Thursday January 30, 2025 | Idorenyin UMOREN 

Ahmed al-Sharaa has been officially announced as the interim president of Syria, MiddleEast Eye reports.

The temporary measure was declared by the Military Operations Command, which led the offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad

A litany of announcements came from Damascus on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, as its de facto leadership aims to maintain power and rebuild Syria from the ground up.

By this, the constitution has been suspended, parliament has been dissolved, rebel fighting factions have disbanded, and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa, been named the interim president, the Military Operations Command announced.

Sharaa, formerly known as al-Qaeda-aligned Abu Mohammed al-Jolani in the rebel stronghold of Idlib province, led the advance on the Syrian capital less than two months ago that overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad.

“He will carry out the duties of the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic and represent it in international forums,” Colonel Hassan Abdel Ghani, the spokesperson for the Military Operations Command, said.

That role is meant for a temporary period toward a transition for the country.

The latest round of proclamations came from “The Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution” in the capital, in front of a crowd of interim ministers appointed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebel faction led by Sharaa.

As of Wednesday, HTS has been disbanded, Sharaa said, as were other rebel factions who will now form a unified national Syrian army.

The Military Operations Command also said that Assad’s Baath Party and his state security apparatus – highly feared among Syrians for decades – were also dissolved.

The National Progressive Front, a group aligned with the Baath Party, was also shut down, and its assets were transferred over to the state. No political parties friendly to Assad’s rule are now allowed to re-form.
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*With inputs from other agency reports