The government plan for the transitional period should include a constituent assembly tasked with drafting a new Constitution for Syria within a specified time frame, syrian academic Marwan Kabalan writes in al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Syrian diplomat Bashar Ali Hajj Ali called for a transitional government based on transparent and democratic mechanisms, while the Salvation government wants to focus on managing the liberated areas through specialized “academic bodies” that respect local cultural norms.
The SDF leader expressed readiness to engage with the new authorities in Damascus and their desire to participate in Syria’s political process.
A meeting took place on Tuesday between officials from the Salvation government and representatives of the ousted regime to facilitate the transfer of institutions and hand over files from the former administration to the new government, set to serve an interim period until March 1, 2025.
In parallel with the air aggression, Israeli media reported that the Israeli army occupied nine villages in the southern countryside of Damascus, al-Mayadeen writes.
Despite these statements, activists noted that accountability for such crimes should come through proper judicial processes and trials, not unilateral actions by armed factions, +963 writes.
This latest action sends a clear signal of the U.S.’s resolve to hold accountable those who aid and abet human rights violations.
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Figures such as Qais Saeed, Mohammed bin Zayed, Gebran Bassil, and Suleiman Frangieh found themselves abandoned as Assad fled before dawn, leaving them humiliated, Daraj writes.
The head of the Syrian Coalition, Hadi al-Bahra, told Reuters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum on Sunday, “Syria must undergo an 18-month transition period to provide a ‘safe, neutral, and calm environment’ for free elections.”
