The Syrian Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghazi al Jalali, assured this Sunday that extends his hand to “every Syrian who is interested in this country to preserve its institutions”in a video released after Islamist insurgents took control of the capital, Damascus.
“I am in my house, I have not abandoned it because I belong to this country and I don’t know any other country. It is my homeland. In these hours when people feel concern and fear (…) I, for the institutions of the State, which are not my property or anyone else’s, but belong to every Syrian citizen. “We extend our hand to every Syrian who is interested in this country to preserve its institutions,” he said.
“This matter will be addressed by any leadership chosen by the Syrian people, and we are ready to cooperate with them to provide all kinds of facilities and to hand over (transfer) government files smoothly and systematically to preserve the institutions of the State”, He stated in a video recorded vertically and lasting more than three minutes.
Al Jalili asserted that “has always” been working “day and night in the private and public sector and in the government seeking the interests of this country”.
“We see Syria for all Syrians. This country can be a normal state that has relations with its neighbors without entering into a regional alliance or bloc,” he noted.
Therefore, he said extend “the hand even to the opponents who also extended their hand and they affirmed that they will not harm any person who belongs to this country.”
Al Jalali refers to the announcement by the insurgents, who took the capital, Damascus, this morning and They have declared it “free” from the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad.
“All military forces in the city of Damascus are strictly prohibited from approaching public institutionswho will remain under the supervision of the former prime minister until they are officially handed over, and are also prohibited from firing bullets into the air,” said Commander Ahmed al Sharaa, of the Military Operations Command, in a statement accompanied by the image of the Islamist leader , Abu Mohamed al Jolani.
Al Jolani leads the insurgent coalition led by the Levant Liberation Organization (Hayat Tahrir al Sham, or HTS), which split in 2016 from the Al Nusra Front, the Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda. which began the offensive against Al Assad on November 27.
