Syria’s jihadist authorities announce the creation of a department for women’s affairs

MADRID Dec. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The jihadist authorities of Syria have announced the creation of the Office of Women’s Affairs in the middle of the process for the configuration of a new series of provisional institutions, in response to requests from the international community, after the fall of the regime two weeks ago. of former Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

The head of the department will be Aisha Al Debs, identified by the National Salvation Government – the political arm of the armed jihadist and opposition coalition led by the authority of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) – as a “humanitarian activist” who has worked for years in the Syrian province of Idlib, the jihadist stronghold in Syria.

The appointment of Al Debs, as well as the creation of this office, takes place after the controversy generated a few days ago by a spokesperson for HTS, Obaida Arnaut, who told the Lebanese channel Al Jadeed that women were incapable of holding a position. military due to its “biological nature.”

“The tasks must necessarily be compatible with the role that the woman can play. If we say that the woman assumes the Ministry of Defense, does that fit her essence and biological nature? It certainly does not fit. Can she perform like the man “Can’t,” said the spokesperson.

In response, and in statements reported by Syria TV, Al Debs promises that the new Syrian authorities “will give women the opportunity to participate in community work in all its aspects according to their competencies,” and announced that women will have a “participation prominent” in the national dialogue to shape the new Syrian reality.