Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says that elections in the country could take four years, citing the need for a new constitution and political dialogue with the country's various factions.
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00:00Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara says that elections in his country could take four years.
00:06He told media outlet Al Arabiya the government needs accurate statistics on the number of
00:11potential voters.
00:12We need a long time to calculate the number of potential voters, it's not an easy thing.
00:18And without this, it would be an unfair election.
00:22The leader also said that the country's constitution needed to be rewritten and noted
00:26the importance of ties with Iran and Russia.
00:29He also called on the United States to lift sanctions.
00:32Al-Shara's Islamist rebel group ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive.
00:38He will be the country's de facto leader until at least March 1st, when different factions
00:42within Syria will hold a political dialogue to establish a transitional government.