Al-Julani calls for lifting sanctions on Syria

He called Al-Julani In an interview with the BBC, he called for the sanctions to be lifted SyriaHe stressed the need for deletion Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham From a list Terrorist organizations.

Al-Julani added that Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham “is not a terrorist organization.”

He continued, saying: “The Commission did not target civilians or civilian areas,” considering that they are also victims of the crimes of the Assad regime.

Al-Julani explained to the BBC that “victims should not be treated in the same way as oppressors.”

He denied that he wanted Syria to become “a copy of Afghanistan,” adding, “The two countries are very different, and have different traditions. Afghanistan is a tribal society. In Syria, there is a different mentality.”

And Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, which led the attack by armed opposition factions to topple the regime Bashar al-Assad Which broke its association with Al-Qaeda in 2016, is still listed on the list of “terrorist” organizations in several Western capitals, especially Washington.

The official of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs was in United Nations Tom Fletcher stressed Wednesday the need to increase allocated support For Syria “On a large scale,” calling on the international community to respond to the “moment of hope” that the Syrians are experiencing, after the overthrow of Assad.

In an interview with Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of his visit to Syria, Fletcher said, “I want to increase international support on a large scale, but that now depends on the donors,” amid a severe, “historic” shortage in funding allocated to Syria.

“Across the country, the needs are enormous, and seven out of ten people need support now,” he noted.

He believed that “the Syrian people are trying to return to their homeland, when it is safe to do so, in order to rebuild their country, rebuild their communities and their lives.”

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