TUNIS, March 2. /TASS/. Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s president during the transitional period, has formed a committee to elaborate the country’s constitutional declaration for the transitional period.
According to a Telegram post of his office, the new body includes seven experts. "The committee will work on the constitutional declaration regulating the transitional period in Syria," it said, adding that the committee "will refer its proposals to the president."
Al-Sharaa said in late January that a constitutional declaration for the transitional period will be made public following a nationwide dialogue in the country.
Armed opposition units in Syria launched a large-scale offensive on government troops in the Aleppo and Idlib governorates in late November 2024. On December 8, they entered Damascus, while President Bashar Assad stepped down and fled the country. On December 10, Mohammed al-Bashir, who had led the so-called Syrian Salvation Government in the Idlib governorate, announced his appointment as head of Syria’s interim government, saying that the transitional period will last until March 1, 2025. Leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (outlawed in Russia) Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, has become Syria’s de facto new leader.