SYRIA REGIME CHANGE DID NOT LEAD TO MASSACRES

The regime change in Syria, where President Bashir al-Assad was defeated by a coalition of rebels led by the HTS (Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham) group, was relatively peaceful, as the Syrian national army did not put up much resistance and laid down its arms; a decision that the Arab countries have accepted, given that there were no massacres, as has happened in other similar cases.

Saudi Arabia indicated that it is satisfactory that the regime change has taken place without bloodshed. For Riyadh, the new power has been a sovereign decision of the Syrian people and, therefore, it must be accepted, especially since it was the population that decided that the power of the clan led by l-Assad should end.

“The institutions and capabilities of the new regime have been preserved,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said, though some analysts said Syria’s future appears uncertain. Bachir El Assad is in Moscow, where he has been welcomed by his wife and other family members, who had been living in the Russian capital for several weeks

News of Assad’s ouster sparked jubilation on the streets of Damascus and in Syrian communities around the world. But with the rebels, led by Islamist group HTS — designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US — now in control, the future of the war-ravaged country remains uncertain

The toppling of Assad’s regime came after decades of dictatorship and was described as a “victory for the entire Islamic nation,” by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of the main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). News of Assad’s ouster sparked jubilation on the streets of Damascus and in Syrian communities around the world. But with the rebels, led by the Islamist group HTS — designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US — now in control, the future of the war-ravaged country remains uncertain”. This is the analysis made by a commentator of the American channel CNN,

The United States has also “welcomed” the fall of the Al-Assad system, according to the president, Joe Biden, who added that the American armed forces have attacked a series of objectives in Syria to prevent the country from being finally dominated by the fundamentalists of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).