▲ Men recently released from prison celebrate yesterday at an entrance to the Syrian city of Aleppo.Photo Afp
AFP, Europa Press and Sputnik
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, p. 21
Brussels. Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom announced yesterday that they are suspending pending decisions on Syrian asylum applications, a day after the overthrow of President Bashar Al Assad.
France is studying canceling the asylum applications of Syrian citizens in the process of being resolved after the fall of Al Assad’s government, indicated the French Ministry of the Interior, which stated that A decision will be made in the next few hours..
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, accused that Russia and Iran They share responsibility for the crimes perpetrated against the Syrian peoplealthough now they have abandoned it.” “They have proven to be unreliable partners, abandoning Al Assad when he was no longer useful to them,” said the Dutchman Rutte.
The European Union (EU) stated that it maintains close contacts with constructive partners in Syria and the region although not with the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS).
The High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the EU, Kaja Kallas, maintains close contacts with constructive partners in Syria and the region to evaluate the situation after the fall of the criminal regime of Al Assad, but not at the moment with jihadist and rebel groups such as HTS, a former branch of Al Qaeda, assured its spokesperson, Anouar el Anouni, and clarified that as HTS assumes greater responsibility in the Syrian context, the EU will evaluate not only his words but also his actions.
The German Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, yesterday addressed the situation in Syria after the fall of President Al Assad and were willing to cooperate with new leaders under conditions, indicated the German Chancellery.
Both agreed to say that they are willing to cooperate with the new leaders, based on fundamental human rights and the protection of ethnic and religious minorities.according to the German statement.
France will provide support to the Syrian opposition only if it takes into account the interests of all groups that make up Syrian society, declared outgoing French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. France’s support will be conditional on respect for minorities. We have a financial tool, since it will be necessary to participate in the reconstruction, and we will only do so if the mentioned conditions are metthe head of French diplomacy told the Franceinfo radio station.
Catalog of terrorist groups
British and German authorities are studying the possibility of removing HTS, which overthrew Bashar al Assad’s government, from their lists of terrorist organizations.
And the Ukrainian president, Volodymir Zelensky, considered that the fall of Al Assad responds to the withdrawal of Russian Federation troops in Syria to fight in Ukraine.
