The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on ...

He had spent the day with the leaders of Syria’s myriad armed factions, trying to persuade them to disband. Over seven weeks after the fall of Damascus, the fate of these groups is still uncertain.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday and met newly declared transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital ...

Sharaa was appointed Wednesday to lead Syria for an unspecified transitional period, and has been tasked with forming an ...

Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria ...

Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the National Press Club award for political ...