“JUSTICE”
Asaad now not instructions the FSA, which in itself has turn out to be an umbrella for a number of teams, however he stays a number one determine and is proud to have returned to Damascus.
He stated that along with the brand new HTS-backed authorities, he was working to unite armed factions underneath a revamped defence ministry, within the hopes that such a transfer would forestall in-fighting and reprisals.
“Our aim is forgiveness and reconciliation, however there have to be transitional justice in order that there isn’t a revenge,” he stated, demanding that members of the ousted authorities face justice for crimes dedicated underneath Assad’s iron-fisted rule.
Asaad additionally urged the worldwide neighborhood to again the brand new authorities.
Because the FSA had sought international backing in the course of the conflict, in a bid to make it as quick as attainable, Asaad stated that “as we speak, we ask once more to face with the Syrian folks… in order that it’s really Syria for all of the Syrian folks”.
The brand new Syria Asaad envisions would have “good relations with all of the world’s international locations”, he stated.
However Russia, Assad’s key backer which nonetheless has an airbase and a port is western Syria, ought to mend its methods, he added.
Moscow should “rethink its calculations”, Asaad stated.
“It was an enemy of the Syrian folks. We hope that it’s going to abandon this hostility and be a good friend.”
