Waving from the everyday life of a black car surrounded by cheering crowds in Syria, Syrian President Ahmed Arshara once cruelly receiving something like a hero’s welcome on his first visit to Latakia It was the base of the Assad family, a government officially underwent a great base. He helped him collapse over two months ago.
Later that Sunday, Shara visited Tartus, another Assad base, about 50 miles south along the Mediterranean. There, as hundreds of people cheered, a video showed him waving from the balcony.
The two videos, shared on social media and verified by NBC News, surfaced as the government of Sharaa promoted successful visits to both port cities. Build a more unified Syria.
“After spending time throughout Syria, Sharaa’s celebrity status was really palpable. With a whole ethnic, religious and gender community,” responds to a video of Sharaa’s reception on Sunday.
“This is a pour of goodwill and a sense of optimism about what he can deliver to the country,” said Burg Ozserk, a senior researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based think tank. He told NBC News. Monday. However, she also warned that these ecstatic scenes “even former military bases were carefully choreographed to capture the enthusiasm he summoned across the country.”
According to Syrian state news agency Sana, Shara met with a prominent figure in Aleppo early on Sunday in addition to meetings with representatives from Tartus and Latakia. His visit to Aleppo came after he met with community leaders from his previous base in Idlib province in northwestern Syria, the media reported. SARAA visited Idlib City and, according to Sana, visited a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people by the Assad administration.
The West will oppress his past as a former jihadist leader with ties to Islamic state terrorist groups and al-Qaeda, projecting him as a reformed figure with a vow to swear an inclusive figure. I have carefully looked at the image of this, approaching the rise of Shara. Syria represents the diversity of the country’s religious and ethnic communities.
In just two months since Sharaa and his Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, or HTS, the rebel group led the overthrow of dictator Bashar Al-Assad, but the new administration leaves Islamist tendencies There was already a doubt that it could be done.
But Sharaa, who has shown an appetite to readjust in the face of criticism, has also made noticeable progress in his efforts to reassure Western leaders that he wants a Syrian future that poses no threat to the West.
“There are skeptics both within and outside who continue to see the red flag around the ‘transition’,” Ozserk said.
But she added, “It might be wise to pause for a while and consider the possibility that this is a real change and that it is in the interests of the Syrian people, their neighbors and the international community.”
It certainly is the impression that Sharaa tried to build, as much of his schedule is dominated by telephone with counterparts around the world and media interviews with international outlets.
In a statement last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he spoke to Shala, and the two leaders said “a comprehensive approach to ensuring lasting peace and stability for all Syrians.” “The importance of the political process.”
Sharaa spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. The Kremlin, which strongly supported the Assad regime through a deadly civil war in Syria, including military intervention, described the debate as “constructive and business” and stated, “the acuteness of practical cooperation in trade, economy, education and other spheres. He explained that he is looking for a problem. Continuing use of naval and air bases in Syria.
The call marked the first trip since Assad’s overthrow, following a visit to Damascus by a delegation of Russian officials last month. The dictator was granted exile by Moscow, Russian state media reported.
