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Ahmed al-Sharra spoke to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya to lay out his vision for the country, barely three weeks after his rebels overran Damascus earlier this month, forcing the former leader Bashar al-Assad to flee. Sharra said elections would take time because the country had not had a proper census in years and because Syria needs a new constitution.

Ahmed al-Sharra spoke to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya to lay out his vision for the country, barely three weeks after his rebels overran Damascus earlier this month, forcing the former leader Bashar al-Assad to flee. Sharra said elections would take time because the country had not had a proper census in years and because Syria needs a new constitution.

Shara says he hopes to hold a national conference with Syrian representatives who can set the agenda. He says at the conference, he'll dismantle the group he leads, HTS, or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Shara also told Arabia that the time of the Syrian revolution was over and the time of nation building had begun. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Damascus.

Shara says he hopes to hold a national conference with Syrian representatives who can set the agenda. He says at the conference, he'll dismantle the group he leads, HTS, or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Shara also told Arabia that the time of the Syrian revolution was over and the time of nation building had begun. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Damascus.