Three weeks after the fall of Syria’s ruler Bashar al-Assad new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa several foreign jihadists promoted to senior positions in the military. As can be seen from a decree published on Sunday evening by al-Sharaa, a total of 49 previous fighters appointed generals and colonels. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there are at least “six foreign jihadists” among them.
It’s them first promotions in the Syrian military since Assad’s fall on December 8th. Last week, the new rulers presented an agreement with “all armed groups” that would… Dissolution and “integration under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense“provides.
As the observatory announced on Monday, these are the transported foreigners including an Albanian, a Jordanian, a Tajik, a Uyghur and a Turkish fighter the Islamist militia Hajat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS), previously led by al-Sharaa. However, the expert Aimen al-Tamimi, who deals with the Syrian civil war and jihadist movements, told the AFP news agency that there were three foreigners on the list of those promoted: a Uyghur, a Jordanian and a Turk.
Most According to the Observatory, the Syrians transported were former HTS fighters, while the others belonged to allied groups. Two men were promoted to general, including the previous military chief of the HTS, Murhaf Abu Kasra. According to observers, Abu Kasra will become the defense minister of the Syrian transitional government. According to the decree, five more fighters were promoted to brigadier generals and around 40 more to colonels.
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Die The majority of those promoted come from the “innermost circle” around al-Sharaa said the head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman. The new Syrian ruler was known by his nom de guerre al-Jolani until Assad’s fall, but has since used his real name al-Sharaa.
The Observatory, based in London, obtains its information from a network of activists in Syria; the organization’s information often cannot be independently verified.