Al-Julani speaks from Damascus’s historical Ummayad Mosque, informs Syrians that developing a brand-new nation will be ‘effort’.
The leader of the primary Syrian opposition armed group that took Syria’s capital, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, has stated the Syrian individuals are the “rightful owners” of the nation after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, and stated a “brand-new history” has actually been composed for the whole Middle East.
Getting here in Damascus simply hours after his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group led the capture of the city on Sunday, the leader offered a success speech in the capital’s symbolic Umayyad Mosque.
As daytime broke, Syrians got up to a considerably altered nation, after opposition forces swept into Damascus following a lightning offensive. They stated that they had actually fallen the federal government of “autocrat” Bashar al-Assad, who got away Syria in the early hours of Sunday and remains in Russia, according to Russian media reports.
“The [al-Assad] routine has actually put behind bars countless its own civilians unjustly and without them dedicating any criminal activities,” al-Julani informed a crowd collected at the Umayyad Mosque.
“We [the Syrian people] are the rightful owners [of this country]We have actually been battling, and today we have actually been rewarded with this triumph.”
“How numerous individuals were displaced throughout the world? The number of individuals resided in camping tents? The number of drowned in the seas?” asked al-Julani, who has actually started to pass his genuine name, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
“A brand-new history, my siblings, is being composed in the whole area after this excellent success,” he stated before advising the crowd that it would take effort to develop a brand-new Syria that would be “a beacon for the Islamic country”.
The leader required prayers to appreciate for the victory.
“God will not fail you,” al-Julani stated. “This triumph is for all Syrians; they were all part of this success.”
Concentrate on unity
Al-Julani formerly led the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, al-Nusra Front, before distancing himself from the group.
HTS is still thought about a “terrorist” group by the United States, the European Union and Turkiye, and has actually been implicated by human rights groups of devoting abuses in Idlib, where it has actually governed much of the province given that 2017.
Al-Julani and HTS have actually looked for to alter that understanding, concentrating on a message of unity considering that their offending started, and highlighted in al-Julani’s speech in the Umayyad Mosque.
Speaking from the Lebanon-Syria border, Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi stated that there were 2 considerable aspects of the HTS leader’s speech.
“He pressed this concept that there must not be revenge … that Syria for all Syrians, ought to be something that individuals ought to concentrate on,” stated Basravi.
“He likewise criticised the Iranian federal government and its participation in Syria, making the point that this is no longer going to be a federal government that will be impacted by Iran as an outdoors star.”
Al-Julani was recorded prostrating in prayer on Sunday after he showed up in Damascus.
