Syrian President denies ethnic cleansing claims

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President Ahmed ash-Sharaa denied ethnic cleansing in Syria. He said the country's people are all the same.

The Syrian leader said human rights are much better now. No complaints have come from Sunni Muslim men.

Women's marriage age increased from nine to eleven years. Not wearing a hijab now brings a fine for the first time.

President ash-Sharaa claimed that minorities are now gone. Special search teams looked but found nobody in their homes.

The teams searched many places but found no one. He told people to ask Assad where these groups went.

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What did President Ahmed ash-Sharaa deny?

He denied ethnic cleansing in Syria.

What is the new marriage age for women?

The marriage age increased from nine to eleven years.

What did the special search teams find?

The teams found no one in their homes.

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