US State Department: We didn’t provide support to Hay’at Tahrir al Sham to seize power in Syria
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed that Washington didn’t provide support to Hay’at Tahrir al Sham during its attack in which it took control of Syria, and he did not specify whether other countries did so.
“The United States didn’t support them, and in my opinion let other countries speak for themselves,” he replied at a press conference when asked whether, in Washington’s view, this group was able to manage its affairs without the help of other countries.
On December 8, a senior US administration official stated that it was possible to remove Hay’at Tahrir al Sham from the US list of terrorist groups.
The US State Department spokesman also noted on Monday that the US government didn’t expect the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s government.
Syrian media reported on Monday that the leadership of the armed opposition decided to assign the head of the Salvation Government operating in Idlib, Mohammed al Bashir, to form a government to manage the transitional phase in the country.
The General Command of the Syrian Factions published a video of a meeting between Ahmed al Sharaa (al Jolani) and Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al Jalali to coordinate a peaceful transfer of power in the country.
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad al Jalali announced via the media on Sunday that an agreement had been reached with the armed Syrian opposition on the importance of preserving the country’s institutions.
Al Jalali had announced in a video early Sunday morning that he hoped a new era would prevail and that he would be in the cabinet in the morning and was ready for any handover procedure.
On Sunday morning, the Syrian opposition factions announced in a brief statement on state television the liberation of the city of Damascus and the overthrow of Bashar al Assad, after their armed forces entered Damascus and Assad fled to an unknown location.
