Syria?s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The nation?s interim rulers have struggled to exert their authority across much of Syria since the Islamist former insurgent group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, led a lightning insurgency that overthrew longtime …
The post Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group?s rule for 5 years appeared first on Egypt Independent.