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. By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Ahmed ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad was named on Wednesday the country’s interim president, following a meeting of the former ...

FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for ...

Gabbard grilled on past meeting with Syria's Assad For more than two hours, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Gabbard about her 2017 meeting with Bashar Assad, the former leader ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project ...

But in recent weeks, her vulnerability has grown amid escalating concerns over her 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and her history of praising a controversial government whistleblower.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leader of Syria’s former rebels who toppled President Bashar Assad last month was named the country’s interim president on Wednesday as former insurgents also ...