Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase.

A recent explosion of deadly violence and reprisals has raised the pressure on domestic leaders and international allies to secure Syria for its residents as quickly as possible. View on euronews

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new Islamist leadership in Damascus and called for it to be rewritten. The declaration,