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NPR News: 12-29-2024 7PM EST
Ahmed al-Sharra spoke to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya to lay out his vision for the country, barely three weeks after his rebels overran Damascus earlier this month, forcing the former leader Bashar al-Assad to flee. Sharra said elections would take time because the country had not had a proper census in years and because Syria needs a new constitution.
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NPR News: 12-29-2024 7PM EST
Shara says he hopes to hold a national conference with Syrian representatives who can set the agenda. He says at the conference, he'll dismantle the group he leads, HTS, or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Shara also told Arabia that the time of the Syrian revolution was over and the time of nation building had begun. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Damascus.