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For events related to the civil war, see Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022). 20–30 January - The Battle of al-Hasakah, a large-scale Islamic State (IS) attack and prison riot aimed at freeing arrested IS fighters from al-Sina'a prison in Al-Hasakah, which resulted in a partial strategic victory and major propaganda victory for IS over the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic ...
The president of Syria can be removed from the position under the following circumstances: [4] Upon submission of resignation to the People's Assembly; At the end of a 7-year term if not nominated for re-election, or second 7-year term if re-elected; In the case of permanent incapacity or death
An Interim Legislative Council is expected to be formed to act as Syria's legislature until a new constitution has been adopted. [29] Previously, the People's Assembly was Syria's legislature during the Ba'athist period. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies.
Born in Syria in 1982, he was am ong the foreign fighters to cross into Iraq to fight against U.S. forces after they invaded the country in 2003 and was detained by the American military ...
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in 50 years, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The end of the Assad family's rule is for many Syrians a moment of mixed joy and fear, of the total unknown. The insurgency that swept President Bashar Assad out of power is rooted in Islamist jihadi fighters.
Now their rush is to keep the lid on Syria’s Pandora’s box, avoid a power vacuum and prevent the sort of chaos that almost inevitably arises when a 50-year regime topples in a matter of days ...
The United Nations estimated some 307,000 civilian dead in Syria by the end of 2022, with 12 million people -- more than half of the country's 2011 population of around 22 million -- forced from ...
The Cabinet of Syria (Arabic: مجلس وزراء سوريا, romanized: Majlis wuzarāʾ Sūriyā) was first constituted in the Syrian Constitution of 1930. Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Syria is currently undergoing a political transition, with Mohammed al-Bashir leading a Syrian Transitional Government .