Sharaa said Syria needed to restore its legal system and conduct a comprehensive census in order to hold legitimate elections.
ball – formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani – led the country’s new authorities after Assad gave up the presidency earlier this month.
Since then, questions have arisen as to how VTS will manage a multi-ethnic country.
HTS began as a jihadist group – advocating violence to achieve its goal of a state governed by Islamic law (Sharia) – but has distanced itself from that past in recent years.
Sharaa said the group, once linked to Islamic State and al-Qaeda and designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations and many countries, would be “dissolved” at an upcoming national dialogue conference, but gave no further details.
The gathering could be the first test of whether Syria’s new leadership can achieve its promised goal of reunifying the country after thirteen years of civil war.
Responding to criticism of his transitional government, he said the appointments made were “substantial” and not intended to exclude anyone.
Syria is home to many ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shiites, and Sunni Arabs, the latter of whom constitute the majority of the Muslim population.
His group promised to protect the rights and freedoms of minorities in the country.
