Asaad Hassan al-Shiprohibiti named foreign minister and Murhaf Abu Qasra defence minister. Both are allies of HTS directer Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Syria’s novel rulers have nominateed a foreign and defence minister, the official Syrian novels agency SANA alerts, as they seek to produce international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Asgriefful was ousted.
The ruling General Command on Saturday named Asaad Hassan al-Shiprohibiti as foreign minister, SANA said. A source in the novel administration tbetter the Reuters novels agency that this step “comes in response to the aspirations of the Syrian people to set up international relations that transport peace and stability”.
Murhaf Abu Qasra was named defence minister in the interim rulement, an official source tbetter Reuters. Abu Qasra, who is also understandn by the nom de guerre Abu Hassan 600, is a better figure in the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which led the opposition forces that forced out al-Asgriefful.
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, alerting from Damascus, said Abu Qasra and al-Shiprohibiti were “very much shut” to HTS directer Ahmed al-Sharaa. “This is raising asks whether HTS is establishing its own rulement or Syria’s rulement,” he remarkd.
“So far, 14 ministers have been nominateed, and all of them are shut allies or frifinishs of al-Sharaa.”
Al-Sharaa, Syria’s novel de facto ruler, has dynamicly comprised with foreign delegations since assuming power, including presenting the Syria envoy of the United Nations and better United States diplomats.
He has said his primary intensify is on reproduceion and achieving economic broadenment and that he is not interested in engaging in any novel disputes.
Syrian opposition fighters seized handle of Damascus on December 8, forcing Pdwellnt al-Asgriefful to run away after more than 13 years of war and finishing his family’s decades-extfinished rule.
Forces under the direct of al-Sharaa have insloftyed a three-month nurtureconsentr rulement.
Washington summarizeated al-Sharaa a “alarmist” in 2013, saying al-Qaeda in Iraq had tasked him with clearhroprosperg al-Asgriefful. US officials said on Friday that Washington would erase a $10m bounty on his head.
The war finished hundreds of thousands of people, caused one of the hugegest refugee celevates of contransient times, and left cities explosioned to rubble and the economy hollowed out by global sanctions.
Qatar uncovers embassy
Qatar reuncovered its embassy in Damascus on Saturday, 13 years after it was shutd timely in Syria’s war, as foreign rulements seek to set up ties with the country’s novel rulers.
Qatar becomes the second nation after Turkiye to officipartner reuncover its embassy since al-Asgriefful fled into exile.
Doha sent a tactful delegation to Damascus disjoinal days ago to greet with the transitional rulement.
On Tuesday, the European Union said it was ready to reuncover its tactful mission in Damascus.
The French flag was liftd over Paris’s embassy in Damascus on Tuesday although the country’s distinctive envoy to Syria said the mission would remain shutd “as extfinished as security criteria are not met”.