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Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group's rule for 5 years

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The country's interim rulers have struggled to exert their authority across much of the country since the Islamist former insurgent group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , or HTS , led a lightning insurgency that overthrew former leader Bashar Assad in December .

The decision was announced after a meeting of the armed groups that took part in the offensive against Assad .

The groups agreed to repeal the country's old constitution and said a new one would be drafted.