Syria Appoints Assad Opponent As Top Muslim Cleric

[ad_1] Damascus: Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday appointed Osama al-Rifai, a moderate Muslim cleric known for having opposed now ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the country’s grand mufti. “Today, this position is held by one of the finest scholars” in Syria, Sharaa said in a statement. Rifai, a Damascene born in 1944, publicly…

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Zelensky Appoints Team Of Negotiators For Possible Peace Talks

[ad_1] The announcement was made through a presidential decree. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed an official delegation to represent Kyiv in any possible peace talks to end the more than three-year war with Russia, according to a presidential decree published Saturday. Zelensky appointed his presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak to head the delegation,…

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