German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to work with the Syrian opposition teams that took energy in Damascus “on the idea of basic human rights and the safety of ethnic and non secular minorities,” Berlin mentioned in an announcement Monday.
The resolution got here throughout a cellphone name the French and German leaders held Monday. It comes after insurgent forces ousted dictator Bashar Assad and took management of Syria on Sunday, following 13 years of bloody civil struggle during which over half 1,000,000 individuals had been killed.
Western capitals are debating learn how to interact with the Syrian rebels, who’re led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which the U.S. and U.Ok. have designated as a terrorist group. HTS and its chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani had been beforehand affiliated with al Qaeda, however reduce ties with the group in 2016. Since then, al-Golani has tried to painting his group as extra average.
