Syrian rebel leader says elections and new constitution may take years

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The leader of Syria’s rebel government said that producing a new constitution and holding elections for public office may take years.

“Drafting a new constitution or making amendments will take experts a long time, maybe two or three years. God knows,” Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, told Saudi Arabian outlet Al Arabiya in a Sunday interview.

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