Bashar Al-Assad, already overthrown by the rebels, has also lost the support of the sect, that of the Alevis.
The Sunni-led Islamist rebels who toppled Syria's Bashar al-Assad met with a delegation in the former president's Alawite hometown on Monday and received their support, in what residents said was an encouraging sign of tolerance. between the new rulers.
How the rebels treat the sizable Alawite population, which widely supported Assad and from whom he withdrew his presidential personal guards, is seen in Syria as a test of whether Sunday's capture of Damascus leads to violent retaliation against former Assad loyalists. , Reuters points out.
The rebel delegation visited Assad's town of Qardaha in the mountains of northwestern Syria's Latakia province, meeting dozens of religious believers, elders and others at the town's town hall for a discussion, before prominent Alawites signed a statement of support. said three residents. Residents said the delegation included members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Free Syrian Army, Sunni groups that led the rebellion and that Assad has long said were terrorists who would massacre Alawites if he failed.
Syrians from the Alawite religion, a branch of Shiite Islam, make up about 10% of the country's population and are concentrated in Latakia province near the Mediterranean Sea and the border with Turkey. The document, seen by Reuters, highlighted Syria's religious and cultural diversity. He also called for the police and state services to be restored as soon as possible under the new rulers and agreed that any weapons held by Qardaha residents would be surrendered.
Meanwhile, Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali said he has agreed to hand over power to the "Syrian Salvation Government" (SSG), while opposition leader Muhammad al-Bashir has been tasked with forming a new Syrian government.
Muhammad al-Bashir, born 1983, an electrical engineer and head of the SSG in Idlib under the auspices of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), will lead efforts to form a new cabinet after the rapid fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government on Sunday, online media outlet Sawt al-Asima reported. (A2 Televizion)
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