The interim constitution, which emphasizes Islamic jurisprudence, stipulates that Syria's president must be a Muslim and ...

The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern Syria was the first to reject the constitution, calling it ...

Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period ...

- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic Syria. Groups include the Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Syriac Orthodox and ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Gen. Mazloum Abdi make an odd couple. Abdi is a Kurdish rebel leader whose secular army ...

While some have praised the constitutional draft as a step toward stability, others have raised significant concerns over the ...

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DAANES asserted that the document “contradicts the reality of Syria and its diversity” and does not represent the country’s ...

The Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria criticized a constitutional declaration announced by the interim ...

Naim Youssef, pastor of the Christian Union Church in Derik (al-Malikiyah) in northeastern Hasaka province, criticized a leaked draft of Syria's constitutional declaration before its official ...

The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...

After Sunnis, which comprise 70% of Syria’s population, the Alawite is the largest sect in the country. President Ahmed al-Sharaa views Alawites as ‘remnants of Assad’s regime’ and holds them responsi ...