Olivier Bonnel

3 weeks ago | hcef.org | Olivier Bonnel |Kielce Gussie |Fadi Hanna

Syria’s transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration on March 13. With it, the former regime and constitution were abolished and elections set to take place within “four to five years.”This came in the context of a month marked by the massacre of almost 1,600 people—mainly Alawite—in the western part of the country by the armed forces of the transitional government, supported by radical Islamic sects.

4 weeks ago | vaticannews.va | Olivier Bonnel |Kielce Gussie

By Olivier Bonnel and Kielce Gussie Syria's transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration on March 13. With it, the former regime and constitution were abolished and elections set to take place within “four to five years.” This came in the context of a month marked by the massacre of almost 1,600 people—mainly Alawite—in the western part of the country by the armed forces of the transitional government, supported by radical Islamic sects.