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Syrian rebels begin energy transition as they seek out Assad’s oppressors

Hopes have been raised for the discovery of hundreds of political prisoners lodged in the underground cells of the notorious Syednaya prison.

Syria’s prime minister, once appointed by ousted President Bashar al-Assad, has formally handed over power to the so-called salvation government led by riot groups based in northwest Syria.

Mohammed Jalali, who was appointed by Assad in September, met with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) head Abu Mohammed al-Golani on Monday to discuss the transition.

HTS, which began as an affiliate of al-Qaeda and was designated as an organization on May 15 through the US, Britain and Turkey, led a blitzkrieg that captured the cities of Aleppo, Hama and Homs. and ended with the fall of the Assad regime in December. .7.

Assad fled to Moscow, where he has been granted asylum by his best friend and supporter, Russian President Vladimir Putin, although most of his troops are believed to have taken off their uniforms and fled, with some reported to have crossed the border into Iraq. .

Then on Tuesday HTS is expected to summon several former Assad regime officials who oversaw torture and who have been designated as war criminals.

on monday a indictment Once it was opened in Chicago, it contained the names of two officials of the Assad regime – jameel hassan72, and Abdul Salam Mahmoud, 65, are suspected of conflict crimes.

Hundreds of political prisoners held in underground cells of the notorious Syednaya prison are expected to be found on Monday.

The massive iron doors to an underground prison north of Damascus were finally opened but there were false signals about thousands of missing people.

‘Where is everyone?’

Outside the prison, Ghada Asad, unable to stop crying after mistaking her missing brother.

He asked a reporter, “Where is everyone?” Where are everyone’s children? Where are they?”

“My heart burns because of my brother. For 13 years I searched for him,” said Assad, who was visiting from Damascus.

In 2011, during the so-called Arab Spring, the populace rose up against the regime, but sponsored by Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, Assad responded brutally, destroying cities such as Aleppo in the process of recapturing them, and killing tens of thousands of people. Killed and imprisoned. Hundreds of people are suspected of being disloyal.

Faced with economic sanctions, Assad appears to have furthered his rule by taking an interest in the manufacturing and trafficking of narcotics, particularly Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine.

The British executive later said the business could be important $57 billion A gift and the United Kingdom and the United States imposed sanctions on many people interested in Captagon manufacturing.

Following the fall of the regime, several reports have emerged on social media showing the seizure of captaincy and lavish complexes allegedly financed by the industry.

Elsewhere, the situation is showing signs of normalization in Damascus and alternative cities.

Syria’s banks reopened on Tuesday and the oil ministry has called on sector employees to return to work.

Damascus is under the control of HTS, one of many rebel group Who are now keeping an eye on Syria.

clashes in manbij

Two of them, the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have clashed in the city of Manbij in the north of the country, with conflicting reports on social media about who has won the upper hand.

Meanwhile, in the southwest corner of Syria, Israel has denied that it is taking advantage of the fall of the Assad regime with incursions.

It said it had taken “limited and temporary measures” to protect its security.

However the UN special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said, “We continue to see Israeli activities and bombardment of Syrian territory. This needs to stop. it is very important.”

Israel refused to enter Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone along the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The buffer zone was established after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Assad’s father Hafez ordered his troops into the Golan Heights, where they were repulsed by the Israelis.

Israeli special forces have now captured undamaged positions on the Syrian aspect of Mount Hermon, the strategic height that overlooks Damascus.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his country welcomed the fall of Assad but remained focused on its own security.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have accused Israel of violating world regulation.

A woman examines cells at the notorious Saydnaya military prison, north of Damascus, Syria, on December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussain Malla)

A woman examines the cells of the notorious Saydnaya military prison, north of Damascus, Syria, on December 9, 2024. AP Photograph/Hussain Malla

Iranian acting spokesman Fatemeh Mohajerani called for “respect for Syria’s territorial integrity.”

Meanwhile, Progressive Guards commander Hossein Salami has said that the wrong Iranian army remains in Syria.

Hamas congratulated the Syrian people

On Monday, Hamas congratulated the Syrian people for reaching their “aspirations for freedom and justice.”

Hamas, which is allied with Iran and Hezbollah, said, “We stand firmly with the great people of Syria… and respect the will, freedom and political choices of the Syrian people.”

It further noted that it expected Syria to step up, given “its historic and important role in supporting the Palestinian people.”

For many years the Assad regime supported and hosted a number of Palestinian militants, such as the Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Basic Command (PFLP-GC), whose leader Ahmed Jibril died in 2021 in Damascus at the age of 85. Went.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this record.

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