Syrian Temporary PM Promises To Protect The Rights Of All Groups, Calls For Refugees To Return Home

(Ki-ka) Mohammed Jalali, HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (third from the left) and Mohammed al-Bashir. (Source: Military Operation Command)

JAKARTA - Syrian interim prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir vowed to protect the rights of all religious groups under the anti-regime alliance that ousted President Bashar al-Assad, urging millions of refugees to return home.

The attack by the Syrian armed group at the end of November, spearheaded by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, reached its peak with the success of controlling the capital Damascus, overthrowing President Assad's rule and ending five decades of his family's rule.

The new rulers are also trying to convince them that they will protect everyone's rights.

"We will guarantee the rights of everyone and all sects in Syria," said Mohammad al-Bashir, who was appointed head of the transitional government, quoted by the Daily Sabah December 11.

When asked if Syria's new constitution would be Islamic, he told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, "we will clarify all these details during the formation process."

Bashir, whose appointment was announced on Tuesday, was tasked with leading the multiethnic and multi-secretary country until March 1st.

In an interview published on Wednesday, he also asked Syrian citizens abroad to return to their homeland.

"I call on all Syrian citizens abroad: Syria is now a free country that has gained its dignity and dignity. Let's go," he said.

"We have to rebuild, be reborn, and we need everyone's help," he exclaimed.

He also said the new Syrian rulers would be willing to cooperate with anyone as long as they did not defend Assad.

"We have no problems with anyone, a state, party, or sect, who maintains a distance from the blood-hungry Assad regime," he said.

As previously reported, rebel leaders and the prime minister of the Syrian government overturned agreeing to hand over power, coordinating to ensure services to the community.

A video shared by the rebels on Monday showed the leader of the main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and Prime Minister of Innovation Government linked to HTS, Mohammed al-Bashir, meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali who will step down.

The rebels said the meeting aimed at "coordinating the transfer of power in a way ensuring the provision of services to our people in Syria," CNN quoted him as saying.

Meanwhile, PM Jalali told Al Arabiya TV he had agreed to hand over power to the Conservation Government. He stated the handover of power could take several days, as quoted by Reuters.