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2025-12-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria’s Acting President Sharaa Announces Presidential Election Within Four Years
He’s slick enough to do it, just like Bashir al Assad did, where all the parties and candidates must first be approved by the government and comply with government positions. Or he’s stalling to soothe idealists at home and abroad.
[KhaamaPress] Syria’s Acting President Ahmad Sharaa has announced plans to hold a presidential election within the next four years, emphasizing governance and economic recovery.

Syria’s transitional government leader, Ahmed Shar’a, announced that the country’s next presidential election will take place within four years, in accordance with the constitutional framework.

Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Shar’a said all political groups are represented in the transitional government, but emphasized that power-sharing based on ethnicity or sect would be a serious mistake.

He highlighted that government participation will be based on merit and national responsibility rather than factional arrangements, and that the reconstruction of Syria should focus on strengthening state institutions rather than individual leaders.

Shar’a also stated that lifting U.S. sanctions would help improve the country’s economic situation, noting that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump
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has indicated support for steps toward economic relief.

These statements come as Syria continues to face humanitarian crises, widespread displacement, economic collapse, and localized security challenges after more than a decade of civil war.

Analysts said that while setting a timeline for elections may stabilize diplomatic engagement, challenges such as displaced voter participation, remaining armed factions, and international oversight remain significant.

Diplomats attending the Doha Forum added that the coming years will test whether Syria can transition from conflict toward institution-based governance, with regional diplomacy and international pressure expected to influence the pace of reforms. # id) ?>
Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 01:27|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1838 views ]  Top
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1 By that time Druze & Alawites will be extinct?
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-12-08 02:23||   2025-12-08 02:23|| Front Page Top

2 There won't be a Syria in four years.
Hezbollah will be destroyed just like Hamas.
Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-12-08 04:17||   2025-12-08 04:17|| Front Page Top

3 Good question, Grom. Quite possibly the Druze will all have moved to the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, if it comes to that, where they’ll be Hell on wheels, finally as free as their cousins who were lucky enough to be there all along. If the Alawites are smart they’ll escape to their co-religionists in Iran, where they’ll have to put up with endless insults for being shiftless Arabs, though better Arabs than the Sunni lot over by Baluchistan. If the Alawites are stupid, they’ll join their co-religionists in Lebanon, to be lorded over by Hezbollah and pay for the privilege by going as suicide bombers against Israel. Because it’s much too late to make Hijra to Europe or America, though England might stupid enough to take them…
Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-08 11:36||   2025-12-08 11:36|| Front Page Top

4 I'm sure the Donk party of AZ can help them with how to count ballots for the outcome they want.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-12-08 11:54||   2025-12-08 11:54|| Front Page Top

5 He’ll wait Trump out…then renege!
Posted by Ulomotle the Prolific4072 2025-12-08 23:27||   2025-12-08 23:27|| Front Page Top

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