PNN – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said: “I am not sure” that Mohammad al-Jolani, the commander of the armed opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, will fulfill his promises to protect minorities in Syria.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing CNN, Blinken said on Wednesday night during a hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives: I am glad that they spoke the right words. But we should focus on whether they are doing the right things, including protecting minorities.
He made these statements in response to Kate Self, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, who asked if Blinken was sure that Tahrir al-Sham would protect Muslim and Christian women in Syria.
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Salaf also questioned whether Syria would become “a terrorist zone.” In response to this question, Blinken stated that the United States should take “every possible action to prevent this issue” in the coming days and weeks.
Blinken is scheduled to travel to Jordan and Türkiye to coordinate on Syria.
A US State Department spokesman said on Tuesday that Washington would judge Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and al-Jolani “not by their statements but by their actions in the coming days, weeks and months.”
Armed opposition in Syria since November 27, 2024 with the aim of removing Bashar Assad from power; They started their operations in the northwest, west and southwest areas of Aleppo, and finally after eleven days; On Sunday, they announced their control over the city of Damascus and the departure of “Bashar Assad” from the country.
According to Russian sources, Bashar Assad and his family went to Russia after leaving Syria and after being granted asylum by Vladimir Putin.