Turkiye’s international minister has met with the pinnacle of Syria’s new administration, promising assist with the political transition and rebuilding the war-torn nation after the autumn of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Of their assembly in Damascus on Sunday, Turkiye’s Hakan Fidan and Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa pressured the necessity for unity and stability in Syria, as they referred to as for the lifting of all worldwide sanctions in opposition to the war-ravaged nation.
Pictures and pictures shared by the Turkish ministry confirmed Fidan and al-Sharaa hug and shake arms, their assembly coming two days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned Fidan could be going to Damascus to debate the brand new construction in Syria.
Addressing the information convention with al-Sharaa, Fidan mentioned Turkiye “will proceed to face by your facet … Hopefully the darkest days of Syria are behind [and] higher days await us.”
Fidan mentioned sanctions on Damascus have to be lifted “as quickly as potential” and the worldwide neighborhood “must mobilise to assist Syria get again on its ft and for the displaced individuals to return”.
Al-Sharaa, who was holding his first public information convention since main the operation to topple al-Assad and assume energy two weeks in the past, additionally referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to elevate all sanctions in opposition to Syria.
“All of the financial sanctions have to be lifted, now the predator has gone and solely the victims stay. The components of injustice and oppression have gone. Now the time is opportune for these sanctions to be lifted,” mentioned the pinnacle of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group.
“This regime has been ruling for greater than 50 years, and a few of these sanctions had been handed down within the Seventies. That’s why the motion have to be swift, these sanctions have to be lifted rapidly to ensure that us to take our nation ahead.”
The 2 officers mentioned the need of drafting a brand new Syrian structure that protects the nation’s minorities. The difficulty of Syrian refugees, Israel’s “violations” of Syrian sovereignty, and the Kurdish Folks’s Safety Models (YPG) concern had been additionally on the agenda.
The opposition’s taking up of energy in Syria got here after 13 years of brutal warfare, which began as a largely unarmed rebellion in opposition to al-Assad in 2011 however finally become an all-out warfare that dragged in international powers, killed a whole lot of hundreds of individuals, and turned tens of millions into refugees.
Fidan’s go to to Damascus got here amid preventing in northeast Syria between Turkiye-backed Syrian fighters and the Kurdish YPG group, which Ankara regards as a terrorist organisation. Turkiye had for years backed rebels looking for to take away al-Assad, whereas additionally internet hosting tens of millions of Syrian refugees it hopes will begin returning dwelling.
Al Jazeera’s Resul Sardar, reporting from Damascus, mentioned Turkiye has provided assist to the brand new Syrian administration, “emphasizing the significance of preserving the state establishments up and working”.
“Turkiye has been one of many fundamental backers of the Syrian opposition because the rebellion began in 2011. So now Fidan was in Damascus, and he merely emphasised the significance of preserving the state apparatuses,” he mentioned.
Lebanese Druze chief additionally visits
Al-Sharaa on Sunday additionally hosted Lebanese Druze chief Walid Jumblatt as a number of governments and Syrians alike categorical issues over the safety of minorities underneath the brand new Syrian authorities, together with the Kurds, Christians, Alawites, and the Druze who’re an Arab minority practising an offshoot of Islam.
“We take satisfaction in our tradition, our faith and our Islam. Being a part of the Islamic atmosphere doesn’t imply the exclusion of different sects. Quite the opposite, it’s our responsibility to guard them,” al-Sharaa mentioned throughout his assembly with Jumblatt, in feedback broadcast by Lebanese broadcaster Al Jadeed.
Jumblatt is the primary Lebanese determine to go to Syria and meet the leaders of its new authorities.
Jumblatt, a veteran politician and outstanding Druze chief, mentioned al-Assad’s removing must be the start of a brand new period of relations between Lebanon and Syria. A longtime critic of Syria’s involvement in Lebanon, he blamed al-Assad’s father, former President Hafez al-Assad, for the assassination of his father a long time in the past.
“We salute the Syrian individuals for his or her nice victories and we salute you to your battle that you just waged to eliminate oppression and tyranny that lasted greater than 50 years,” Jumblatt instructed al-Sharaa.
Al-Sharaa, till lately often called Abu Mohammed al-Julani, mentioned he would ship a authorities delegation to the southwestern Druze metropolis of Sweida in Syria, pledging to offer providers to its neighborhood with the intention to honour the nation’s “wealthy range of sects”.
“Syria will now not be a case of adverse interference in Lebanon,” he mentioned.
Al Jazeera correspondent Sardar mentioned al-Sharaa has given his assurances that every one spiritual and ethnic minorities will likely be “pretty represented” in Syria.
“Whether or not the brand new administration goes to be tolerant sufficient in opposition to the minorities, whether or not the minorities are going to be represented pretty in a brand new Syria or not – that query is being repeatedly requested to Ahmad al-Sharaa,” he mentioned.
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Sourcing information and pictures from aljazeera.com
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