Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to the war-torn country.

Kurdish groups in Syria's north-east on Sunday criticized the newly formed transitional government, saying the line-up failed to heed the country's diversity. On Saturday, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa unveiled the new government and pledged to rebuild a "strong,

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on a pledge to create a government representative of all Syrians.