Mustafa Bakour, the Damascus-appointed Governor of Suwayda, seeks to justify holding Druze victims of kidnapping in Adra Prison as “precautionary detention” to avoid further violence.
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Not demanding Assad’s extradition isn’t the issue. Striking a deal behind closed doors is. If the state respected its people, it would have been transparent. Syria is not a private farm and decisions of this scale cannot be dictated in secret by Sharaa.
Otherwise, we’re back to square one.
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Even so, the meaning stands: Sharaa has been Lying to Syrians. By secretly dropping the demand for Assad’s extradition they signal to Russia they don’t intend to pursue justice for millions of Syrians, instead focused on removing Sharaa from the UN terrorist list by ensuring no Russian veto.
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Muhammad Baraa Shakri has been appointed Acting Ambassador at the Syrian Embassy in Berlin. It should, of course, come as no surprise that his father is the current Minister of Endowment.
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This is not what Lavrov said in the TGRT Haber interview that Al Arabiya is citing. When asked about Russia’s position on legal action against Assad, who is residing in Moscow, Lavrov said:
"This issue has not been on the agenda for a long time. Our partners know very well how everything is"
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The practical benefits of the lifted UN sanctions:
• Personal sanctions lifted on Sharaa and Khattab, travel bans removed, able to handle money and benefit economically, including UN funds
• Delisted HTS figures can legally join the government, hold ministries, and engage diplomatically
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This is not what Lavrov said in the TGRT Haber interview that Al Arabiya is citing. When asked about Russia’s position on legal action against Assad, who is residing in Moscow, Lavrov said:
"This issue has not been on the agenda for a long time. Our partners know very well how everything is"
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I say it’s hardly surprising because the distribution of posts among relatives and the spread of rampant nepotism have become routine since Sharaa took power, justified by what he likes to call: “homogeneity" "التجانس”
a gentleman's way of saying he wants no opposition and absolute control.
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