The interim prime minister says that “those who do not have blood on their hands” will be able to join the new authorities
Dec. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Around 70 people have been murdered in Syria since the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime in acts of “revenge” perpetrated by taking advantage of the security vacuum in some areas, as reported this Tuesday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has stated that among those murdered there are at least two children.
The organization, based in London, has indicated that since December 8 there have been attacks against civilians that it attributes to “unidentified armed persons, gangs and unknown groups”, some of which are linked to “armed factions”, without that the new authorities have ruled on the matter.
Thus, he has called on Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), the jihadist organization that led the offensive against government troops that finally caused 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 claim 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 in acts of violence. revenge since December 8.
The authorities established in Syria after the flight of Al Assad have assured that among their main objectives is the stabilization of the situation in the country and have promised to work to guarantee the security of the population, in the face of power vacuums and chaos in various points after the collapse of government forces.
In this sense, the interim prime minister, Mohamed al Bashir, indicated this 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 guarantee a minimum level of services”.
Al Bashir has also stressed that those responsible for crimes during the Al Assad regime will be tried by the courts and has stated that “those who do not have blood on their hands are welcome to work in the institutions and build the new Syria.”
Along these lines, the Military Operations Command, which brings together the groups that participated in the offensive against Al Assad, announced this Tuesday on its Telegram account the opening of a center for “former members of the Syrian regime” who want to surrender and reintegrate in the province of Daraa (southern), in line with other similar initiatives in other parts of Syria.
In addition, the leader of HTS, Ahmed Hussein al Shara, known as Abu Mohamed al Golani, announced during Monday that the armed groups will be “dissolved” in order 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 later with his son, Bashar–, in the face of a constant withdrawal of government troops, backed by Russia and Iran.
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