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What has the rebel leader said about his vision for Syria?

Politiko 2024-12-09 18:49:11

What has the rebel leader said about his vision for Syria?

The fall of the Assad regime has led many people to wonder what the future of Syria will look like.

Let's take a look at what the leader of the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, has said about his vision for the country.

On governance: In an interview with CNN on Friday, Jolani was asked whether Syria after Assad would be governed by strict Islamic rule. He replied: "People who fear Islamic governance have either seen its wrong implementations or don't understand it properly."

The HTS leader said his group will focus on building a "governance system that is institutional, not one where a single ruler makes arbitrary decisions."

On religious minorities: Jolani has sought to secure Syria's minority groups for the country's future governance, insisting that there must be a legal framework to guarantee the rights of all.

"No one has the right to wipe out another group. These sects have coexisted in this region for hundreds of years and no one has the right to eliminate them," he told CNN.

On international relations: To Syria's neighbors and powers like Russia, Jolan has promised peaceful relations. He even assured Russia that its Syrian bases would remain unharmed if the attacks stopped.

Despite the assurances, human rights groups have still raised the alarm over the rise of HTS, a group that has roots in Al-Qaeda and has been designated a terrorist organization by some Western powers.

The BBC 's chief international correspondent , Lyse Doucet, also writes that the HTS leader is not the only player in Syria's rapidly changing future.

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