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SvennoJ on 14 December 2024
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Al-Sharaa: New Damascus administration has clear goals on how to rebuild Syria

Ahmed al-Sharaa (also referred to as al-Julani), the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose forces deposed former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad less than a week ago, says his group is communicating with Western embassies as it tries to restore governance in Syria.

Here are a few of the key comments he made:

  • Our goals are clear and our plans are ready for construction and development in Syria.
  • We have plans to address the systematic destruction practised by the regime.
  • Damascus is lagging in all aspects of what we have achieved in Idlib Governorate.
  • We have no hostility towards Iranian society.
  • We gave the Russians a chance to reconsider their relationship with the Syrian people.
  • Based on our administrative experience in Idlib, we will advance in the rest of the country’s governorates.
  • We are in contact with Western embassies and in discussions with Britain to restore its representation in Damascus.
  • We are not going to get into a conflict with Israel.


New Syrian government warns against looting

The management of military operations of the victorious Syrian opposition groups has issued a statement warning citizens against stealing public property.

“Anyone who seizes public property must hand it over to the nearest police station within a maximum of seven days,” the statement says, adding that anyone who conceals property would be held accountable.

“Everything that was taken must be returned to restore the work of all institutions to build a new Syria,” the statement continued.


Turkish embassy in Damascus resumes operations after 12 years

The Turkish flag was raised at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus as the mission resumed operations following a 12-year hiatus.

The embassy, which had suspended operations in 2012, officially reopened with Burhan Koroglu, Turkiye’s ambassador to Mauritania, as acting charge d’affaires.

Located near the city’s Rawda Square in an area with the diplomatic missions of many other countries, the Turkish embassy continued to provide its services for a time after the regime’s violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in 2011.