Ibrahim is the father of six children. After seven years living in a tent in a refugee camp in the Aleppo region, his family ...

By Ben Hubbard Syria’s new president has spoken often about the urgency of merging the many armed groups that fought to topple the strongman Bashar al-Assad into a unified national army.

Interim president Sharaa says country faces “a long and arduous road to reconstruction but possesses all the resources needed to recover”.