Syria’s Post-Assad Leadership Holds National Dialogue Summit in Damascus

According to Syria’s interim leader, the one-day event is intended to pave the way for an eventual constitutional declaration.

Thousands gather in the streets after the fall of the Assad regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2024. Sami Boudra/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Syria’s post-Assad leadership convened a “national dialogue” summit in Damascus on Feb. 25, in which hundreds of people from across the country are said to be participating.

“Syria liberated itself on its own, and it suits it to build itself on its own,” interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in his opening remarks.