Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara on Thursday signed the country's constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period.Mr Al Shara said he hoped the constitutional declaration would mark the start of “a new history for Syria,

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase

By bnm Gulf bureau Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a draft constitutional declaration, making him president of Syria for a five-year transitional period, state media reported on March 13. The committee tasked with drafting the constitutional declaration has granted the new Syrian president the authority to declare a state of emergency,