Dubai, Dec 29, 2024 (AFP) - Syria's new leader says elections could take four years: Al Arabiya interview

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Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya on Sunday that elections could take four years, noting the importance of ties with Iran and Russia and calling for the United States to lift sanctions. "The election process could take four years," Sharaa told the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television, three weeks after his Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. "We need to rewrite the constitution" w......

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