The leader of Syria’s former rebels who toppled President Bashar Assad last month was named the country’s interim president on Wednesday as former insurgents also cancelled the existing constitution,

Ahmad al-Sharaa has been appointed as Syria's interim president, according to an announcement made on Wednesday. This decision came after a meeting of former insurgent factions. The state-run SANA news agency reported that Col.

Sharaa, was declared head of state for a transitional phase and empowered to form a new legislative council on Wednesday, in an announcement by the armed groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad. Syria's constitution was also suspended and the existing parliament dissolved,

Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa was on Wednesday officially appointed as transitional president of Syria. The spokesman of the Military Operations Department, Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani announced that Al-Sharaa will be the country's president in the transitional phase.