2024-12-17 11:24:00
The interim prime minister says “those who don’t have blood on their hands” will be able to join the new authorities
MADRID, 17 December. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Around 70 people have been killed in Syria since the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime in acts of “revenge” carried out by taking advantage of the security vacuum in some areas, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday, which said that among At least two children were murdered.
The organisation, based in London, has specified that since 8 December there have been attacks against civilians which it attributes to “unidentified armed persons, unknown gangs and groups”, some of which are linked to “armed factions”, without the new authorities have spoken out on the issue.
For this reason he invited Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), the jihadist organization that led the offensive against government troops that ultimately forced Al Assad to flee, to “deploy its forces in all areas under its control after the fall of the regime. ” ” to increase security in Syrian territory.
“Residents say that HTS treats civilians better than other factions, which increases their confidence in their ability to consolidate security in these areas,” he said, before specifying that a total of 72 people have been killed since December 8 in acts of revenge.
The authorities established in Syria after Al Assad’s escape have ensured that one of their main objectives is the stabilization of the situation in the country and have promised to work to guarantee the safety of the population, in the face of power vacuums and chaos in various countries. points after the collapse of government forces.
In this sense, the interim Prime Minister, Mohamed al Bashir, said on Tuesday in an interview with the Qatari television network Al Jazeera that his government “seeks to achieve security and stability, protect people’s money and property and ensure a minimum level of services”. .
Al Bashir also underlined that those responsible for the crimes committed during the Al Assad regime will be tried by the courts and said that “those who do not have blood on their hands are welcome to work in the institutions and build the new Syria”.
In this sense, the Military Operations Command, which brings together the groups that participated in the offensive against Al Assad, announced on its Telegram account on Tuesday the opening of a center for “former members of the Syrian regime” who want to surrender and reintegrate . in Daraa province (south), in line with other similar initiatives in other parts of Syria.
Furthermore, the leader of HTS, Ahmed Hussein al Shara, known as Abu Mohamed al Golani, announced on Monday that the armed groups will be “disbanded” to “prepare their fighters to join the ranks of the Ministry of Defense”. “, with the aim of forming the new Syrian army.
The offensive in Syria, launched on November 27 from the province of Idlib, allowed jihadists and rebels to take the capital, Damascus, and put an end to the regime of the Al Assad family, in power since 1971 – first with Hafez al Assad ( 1971-2000) and subsequently with his son Bashar–, in the face of a constant withdrawal of government troops, supported by Russia and Iran.
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