Order to everyone to lay down their weapons.
Devastated Syria is in the grip of civil war. Members of different groups still possess weapons. In this situation, the head of the Syrian authorities, Ahmed al-Shara, ordered all the armed groups to surrender weapons.
He said that from now on, only the authorized troops of the Syrian government will have weapons. Nobody else will be able to carry weapons. Al Jazeera reported this yesterday.
Meanwhile, Al-Shara has called upon the international community to play an effective role in stopping the Israeli attacks. In his words, Syria has no desire for conflict with Israel. Incidentally, after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, Israel has been launching missile attacks on various parts of Syria. Various countries, including the United Nations, have expressed concern about this and advised Israel to stop. Among them, Israel launched a powerful missile attack on the Tartas area on the Syrian coast. It was the most powerful missile in the past decade.
Syrian Kurds declare the end of their fighting: The semiautonomous Syrian Kurds in Northern Syria declared a halt in their armed struggle. However, at the same moment, they provided their offers to negotiate with the present Syrian authorities. As reported by the group representatives at their press conference, which occurred in the city of Raqqa, Syria.
The visit by EU diplomats to Damascus is confirmed as the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas instructed senior diplomats to hold talks with the new Syrian authorities. In connection with this, she said yesterday, “Our diplomat will go to Damascus on Monday.”
Lifting sanctions urged: The Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations calls upon the West to lift sanctions against that country. Syrian ambassador Geir Pedersen told reporters in Damascus on Sunday that “we hope that the sanctions will be lifted quickly.” United States, European Union along with other countries have enforced the sanctions on the Syrian government for all these years in protest for the brutal crackdown by the Bashar al-Assad government in anti-government protests. Pedersen went to Damascus to meet the officials of the new interim government. He called for justice and accountability for crimes against humanity committed during the war.
Qatar to open embassy after 13 years: Qatar closed its embassy in 2011 due to the civil war. Qatar is going to open an embassy there again after the fall of the Bashar government. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has said that the Qatari embassy in Damascus may open from Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Syrian refugees from various countries have begun returning home following the fall of the Bashar government. They have problems even after returning home. They are especially desperate about rebuilding their destroyed houses.
The civil war in Syria had started in 2011. More than a decade has passed since then. However, the scenario completely altered briskly from the end of November this year. The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham started capturing one city after another. At one point of time, they captured the capital Damascus on December 8. In this backdrop, Bashar al-Assad fled and sought refuge in Russia. That put an end to the 54-year-long dictatorship of the Assad family.
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