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Interview English SY 2025-09-25 Tier 2 Asaad al-Shaibani (Foreign Minister of the post-Assad Syria) — in conversation with Fareed Zakaria at the Council on Foreign Relations, 25 Sep 2025: "Syria is now free, without Assad regime," opening "a new page... of peace and of cooperation with the region, with the world"; the state alone should bear arms ("only the army"); and the new government "would not impose Sharia on anyone."
Syria is now free, without Assad regime. The Syrian people now is rebuilding his country without any—without any authoritarian regime. Of course, now we are also open a new page with all the world—a page of peace and of cooperation with the region, with the world. We do not want the arms to be available to the…
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Speech Arabic SY 2025-09-24 Tier 2 President Ahmad al-Sharaa address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2025 — first Syrian president at UN in nearly 60 years (English translation of Arabic original)
In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, The Syrian story is one that stirs emotions, where pain is mingled with hope. It is a story of a struggle between good and evil, between the weak and strong, in which there is support by none other than God or powerful falsehood, possessing all…
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Press release Arabic SY 2025-03-13 Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic (13 March 2025) — the HTS-led transitional government's foundational instrument
Article 1 The Syrian Arab Republic is an independent, fully sovereign state. It is an indivisible geographical and political unit, and no part of it may be relinquished. Article 2 The state establishes a political system based on the principle of separation of powers, and guarantees freedom and dignity for the…
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Speech Arabic SY 2025-01-30 Ahmad al-Sharaa's Address to the Syrian Nation, 30 Jan 2025 (HTS leader's first programmatic address; English translation of Arabic original)
I address you today not as a ruler but as a servant for our wounded homeland, striving with all power and will I have been given to realise Syria's unity and renaissance, as we should all understand that this is a transitional stage, and it is part of a political process that requires true participation by all Syrian…
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Article English SY 2025-01-29 Ahmad al-Sharaa named Syria's transitional president (29 Jan 2025)
On 29 January 2025, Ahmad al-Sharaa was named president of Syria for the transitional period at a conference of the factions that had toppled Bashar al-Assad. He had become the country's de facto leader on 8 December 2024 after the fall of Damascus and was the founder and head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which…
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Interview English SY 2025-01-19 Tier 2 Murhaf Abu Qasra (Defense Minister of post-Assad Syria) — interview with Reuters, 19 Jan 2025 (via ARK News): all armed factions, including the US-backed SDF, must integrate fully into the Ministry of Defense — "remaining a distinct military bloc... is incompatible with the framework of a large institution" — the new state's drive for a single national army.
As far as the Syrian Democratic Forces becoming part of the Ministry of Defense, this position is untenable. We propose their inclusion under the Ministry of Defense’s structure, with their distribution carried out in a military framework. There's no objection to this. However, remaining a distinct military bloc…
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Article English SY 2024-12-08 Fall of the Assad regime — opposition forces take Damascus; Bashar al-Assad flees to Russia (8 December 2024)
On 8 December 2024, opposition forces led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured Damascus, ending more than five decades of Assad-family rule in Syria. President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, and the Russian foreign ministry confirmed he had left after resigning; he was granted asylum in Russia. The offensive had…
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Speech Arabic SY 2024-12-08 Tier 2 Ahmad al-Sharaa Umayyad Mosque victory speech, Damascus, 8 Dec 2024 (mosaic of sourced verbatim quotes; English translation of Arabic original)
Speaker: Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammad al-Julani). Location: Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. Occasion: HTS-led takeover of Damascus and fall of the Assad regime. The speech was delivered in Arabic. No publicly available single durable English transcript exists; the following are sourced verbatim segments…
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Interview English SY 2024-12-08 Tier 2 Hadi al-Bahra (President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition; Constitutional Committee co-chair) — Middle East Eye interview, 8 Dec 2024 (days after Assad's fall): his vision of a Syria of "equal rights and duties" for all citizens, and a transition that preserves state institutions rather than destroying them.
united land and people, where all citizens have equal rights and duties We don't want to destroy the current state institutions. We want to keep them running.
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Speech Arabic SY 2024-09-30 Syria — Assad-regime LAST UN GA Speech (FM Bassam Sabbagh, 30 Sep 2024, ~2 months before Dec 2024 fall)
كلمة بسام صباغ وزير الخارجية والمغتربين رئيس وفد الجمهورية العربية السورية إلى الدورة التاسعة والسبعين للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — 30 أيلول 2024 [… …] لقد شهدت بلادي سورية، على مدى أكثر من عقدٍ مضى، معاناةً لا مثيل لها، حيث تعرضت إلى حربٍ إرهابية شرسة، وعدوان مباشر ومستمر على أراضيها، وحصار اقتصادي خانق متعدد…
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Speech Arabic SY 2024-09-30 Tier 2 Syrian Arab Republic statement to the 79th UN General Assembly (FM Bassam Sabbagh), 30 Sep 2024 — Assad regime's final UNGA address before the December 2024 fall (English translation of Arabic original)
Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, As this session of the General Assembly is taking place, tensions internationally have reached a boiling point, and efforts to maintain international peace and security are confronted with real challenges and threats: clashes are intensifying, crises are multiplying, conflicts are…
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Speech Arabic SY 2023-09-26 Bassam Sabbagh (Syria) at UN GA 78 — last pre-Oct-7 Assad-era UN speech: anti-coercive-measures + Golan + Russia alignment
كلمة السفير بسام صباغ رئيس وفد الجمهورية العربية السورية إلى الدورة الثامنة والسبعين للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — الثلاثاء 26/9/2023 السيد دينيس فرانسيس رئيسُ الجمعيةِ العامة، […] يشهدُ عالمنا اليوم تحولاتٍ هامة، وتنامِ لتحدياتٍ خطيرة في مقدمتها اشتعال الصراعات المدمرة في مناطق عديدة حول العالم، واستمرار الاحتلال…
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Article Arabic SY 2023-05-07 Arab League readmits Syria; Assad attends the Jeddah summit, 7 May 2023
Syria's participation in the Arab League had been suspended in November 2011 over the Assad government's violent crackdown on the country's pro-democracy uprising. On 7 May 2023, meeting in an extraordinary session in Cairo, Arab League foreign ministers adopted decision no. 8914 resuming the participation of Syrian…
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Article English SY 2019-01-28 Tier 2 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham behavioral civil-liberties / press-freedom record in Idlib: HRW documented 11 cases of HTS detaining residents for peacefully documenting abuses or protesting its rule (6 tortured), plus the death sentence of journalist Amjad al-Maleh. Documented by Human Rights Watch (28 Jan 2019).
Human Rights Watch documented 11 cases in which the group, Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, detained Idlib residents, apparently because of their peaceful work documenting abuses or protesting the group’s rule. Six of those detained were apparently tortured. On December 9, citing sources close to Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, news…
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Manifesto Arabic SY 2012-11-11 Syrian National Coalition — Mission Statement, Fundamental Principles & Political Framework (official English edition; Arabic-founded coalition)
Mission Statement: Because of the deep crisis in Syria, our country, and the struggle our people are facing, all political opposition factions and have come together in unity with the goal of overthrowing the Assad regime, ending the suffering of the Syrian people, and to make the transition towards a free and…
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Speech Arabic SY 2011-03-30 Bashar al-Assad — speech to the People's Assembly as the uprising began (30 March 2011)
I am sure you all know that Syria is facing a great conspiracy whose tentacles extend to some nearby countries and far-away countries, with some inside the country. […] Today, there is a new fashion which they call "revolutions". We do not call them so because we think this is mostly a popular condition. They mixed…
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Manifesto Arabic SY 2004-12-16 المشروع السياسي لسورية المستقبل — رؤية جماعة الإخوان المسلمين في سورية (The Political Project for the Syria of the Future)
تنبثق رؤيتنا المستقبلية الحضارية لقطرنا العربي السوري ضمن منظومتيه العربية والإسلامية، من إيماننا المطلق بإسلامنا المتجدد والذي تتفاعل نصوصه وأصوله مع وقائع الحياة ومستجدياتها، في إطار من مقاصد الشريعة العامة… الثالث : رؤيتنا لبناء (الدولة الحديثة) في قطرنا العربي السوري، التي نعتبر بناءها مطلبا عامّاً لجميع أبناء…
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English SY 1947-01-01 Tier 1 Constitution of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party (1947) — Fundamental, General and Economic Principles
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. First Principle — Unity and Liberty: The Arabs are One Nation, which has its natural right to live under One State. The Arab Homeland is an indivisible political and economic entity. Second Principle — Character: The freedom of Speech, Assembly, Belief and Art are holy and no authority can…
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Interview English SY Tier 2 Mazen Darwish (head of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression) — interview with Al Majalla (post-Assad-fall, late 2024 / early 2025): a national transitional-justice framework "with accountability at its core" is imperative to prevent vengeance and renewed civil war, but must be objective and "steer clear of the pitfalls of victor's justice."
The absence of accountability, I believe, would open the door to widespread acts of individual vengeance, plunging Syrian society into instability and potentially even civil war. Therefore, establishing a comprehensive national framework for transitional justice, with accountability at its core, is…
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Interview English SY Tier 2 Razan Zaitouneh (Syrian human-rights lawyer; founder of the Violations Documentation Center; 2011 Sakharov laureate) — direct quotes to Reuters, 2011 (per Syrian Observer profile): insisting "maintaining a peaceful uprising is the best guarantee for its victory," and warning the regime deliberately pushed the revolution toward violence and sectarianism to kill it. Abducted in Douma (the "Douma Four"), Dec 2013.
I still insist that maintaining a peaceful uprising is the best guarantee for its victory. From the first moment of the revolution, the regime has been pushing towards turning people to violence and turning the revolution into a sectarian issue. It knows that it could kill the uprising this way.