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It is natural that the revolution has gone through several struggles" that produced different factions sometimes with opposing ideologies
Asaad told AFP at a hotel in Damascus Our goal is forgiveness and reconciliation, but there must be transitional justice so that there is no revenge,
he said, demanding that members of the ousted government But the truth is that what we have been striving for from the beginning" is "to have one single body", akin to a supreme military council, to lead the forces opposed to Assad and "to achieve victory",
Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT.”
In a social media post shortly before Assad was overthrown, Trump wrote We have been experiencing these attacks for four years. Turkish drones pretending to attack military targets. But in reality, they hit many civilian targets. That scares all the inhabitants,
In my view, the new rulers in Damascus share the same ideology as IS,
It is also positive that they did not speak negatively about the Syrian Democratic Forces,
It’s an extraordinary moment . . . so far so good."
He wrote, in an email, some pretty salient words The school has asked us to send middle and upper pupils back to class,
said mother of three Raghida Ghosn, 56 I was one of those they interrogated the most,
Darwish told AFP as he returned to the prison years after his ordeal in 2018. 'You ... You have the right to work and live your life as you did before'."
Safi, landlord of the Papa bar in the Old City, said the rebels told him The younger ones will go back in two days,
The new path will have challenges, but that is why we have said Syria is for all and we all have to cooperate."
At the airport, al-Ahmed told the staffers The people we see on the streets, they don't represent us,
said Hani Zia, a Damascus resident from the southern city of Daraa, where the 2011 anti-Assad uprising began This is the first time we talk."
As Al-Ahmed tried to reassure them, Osama Najm, an engineer, announced Those governments with ties to HTS should urge it to bring as wide a range of voices as possible into government and to tread an inclusive line,
the ICG urged, referring to the Gulf states and Turkey, meeting in Jordan this weekend Foreign powers, whose meddling did so much to propel Syria’s long civil war, must avoid repeating the mistake. Few capitals look enthusiastically at Islamists dominant in Damascus, but for now no option exists but to work with the new authorities,
the International Crisis Group (ICG) says If [HTS] attacks us, we will respond forcefully… What happened to the previous regime will also happen to this regime,
Syrians know they are going to need support from their neighbours and the international community to meet these challenges
We know that what happens inside of Syria can have powerful consequences well beyond its borders, from mass displacement to terrorism, and we know that we can't underestimate the challenges of this moment and in the weeks and months ahead,
