Syrian president tells country reconstruction effort has 'just begun'

Aleppo: Syria s interim president, Ahmed Al Sharaa, said in a speech on Tuesday that the country s post war reconstruction had just begun , calling o...

Aleppo: Syria's interim president, Ahmed Al Sharaa, said in a speech on Tuesday that the country's post-war reconstruction had 'just begun', calling on his people to unite.

Sharaa was speaking at the "Aleppo, Key to Victory" event in said city, the first major population centre to fall during the Islamist-led offensive that toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar Al Assad in December.

Pictures of fighters killed in the battle for Aleppo were shown on screens prior to Sharaa's speech.

"O great Syrian people, the battle of construction has just begun," Sharaa said to a jubilant crowd.

"Let us all unite and seek the help of God to create a bright future for a venerable country and a deserving people," he added.