{"id":292138,"date":"2025-02-11T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=292138"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:32:17","slug":"syrias-al-sharaa-says-thousands-join-new-army-after-former-governments-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=292138","title":{"rendered":"Syria&#8217;s Al-Sharaa Says Thousands Join New Army After Former Government&#8217;s Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DAMASCUS, Feb 11 (NNN-SANA) &#8211; Syria&#8217;s interim President, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, said yesterday that, thousands of volunteers have joined the new Syrian army, following the fall of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime, and the dissolution of its military and security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on a podcast, Al-Sharaa said, the new government has opted for voluntary enlistment over conscription, noting that many young Syrians had previously fled to avoid forced service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also outlined Syria&#8217;s political transition, stating that stabilising institutions was the first priority after Assad&#8217;s fall. The Idlib-based administration had prepared to assume control, and the new leadership was given a three-month mandate to consolidate power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Sharaa, appointed interim leader on Jan 29, said, his government is committed to free and fair elections, and will soon issue a constitutional declaration to guide the transition.&#8211; NNN-SANA &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Feb 11 (NNN-SANA) &#8211; Syria&#8217;s interim President, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, said yesterday that, thousands of volunteers have joined the new Syrian army, following the fall of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime, and the dissolution of its military and security forces. Speaking on a podcast, Al-Sharaa said, the new government has opted for voluntary enlistment over conscription, noting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[286,217,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292143,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292138\/revisions\/292143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/292142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}