{"id":2381023,"date":"2024-12-17T13:58:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrian-rebel-leader-pushes-social-justice-in-global-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:00:15","slug":"syrian-rebel-leader-pushes-social-justice-in-global-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrian-rebel-leader-pushes-social-justice-in-global-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian rebel leader pushes &#8216;social justice&#8217; in global campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsyrian-rebel-leader-pushes-social-justice-in-global-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ahmad\u200d al Sharaa, the leader\u200d of the Hayat\u200c Tahrir al sham terrorist group, \u200cis working to reshape his image following the group&#8217;s rise to power\u200b after the overthrow of the\u2064 Syrian government.\u200b Sharaa, who also goes by the pseudonym Abu Mohammed \u200bal Jolani, \u2064is adopting a more \u2064diplomatic demeanor \u2062by transitioning from military attire to Western business suits and advocating for concepts such as tolerance and social \u2063justice. In\u200b a recent statement, he emphasized the importance \u200bof national unity and a \u200dsocial contract among various religious communities in \u2064Syria to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-a-realist-foreign-policy-requires-to-take-on-china\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What A Realist Foreign Policy Requires To Take On China\">ensure social justice<\/a>. Sharaa aims \u2064to gain support from the West \u200bto achieve his ambitious goals for a new Syria.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Syrian rebel leader pushes &lsquo;social justice&rsquo; in campaign to win global approval<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1908001\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ahmad al Sharaa, leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3247387\/syrian-civil-war-ultimate-guide-key-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hayat Tahrir al Sham terrorist group<\/a>, has continued to soften his image after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3253556\/syria-falls-looting-celebrations-mark-end-over-half-century-assad-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">toppling the Syrian government<\/a> and taking control of the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The leader, who sometimes goes by the militaristic pseudonym Abu Mohammed al Jolani, has been making every effort to portray himself as a reasonable and peaceable head of state. He traded military fatigues for Western business suits and bent his speeches toward the virtues of tolerance and mercy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Syria must remain united, and there must be a social contract between the state and all religions to guarantee social justice,&rdquo; Sharaa told the Druze community, according to a Tuesday statement on the HTS Telegram account.<\/p>\n<p>Sharaa has lofty goals to accomplish in the new Syria and he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3260954\/us-officials-have-been-in-direct-contact-with-the-syrian-rebel-group-that-ousted-assad-blinken-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">needs the West&rsquo;s support<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo, released by the Syrian news agency <em>SANA<\/em>, shows the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, Ahmad al Sharaa (Abu Mohammed al Golani), right, as he meets with the United Nations&rsquo;s special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, in Damascus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (SANA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He is hoping to facilitate the return of millions of Syrian refugees who fled the country out of fear of former President Bashar Assad&rsquo;s regime. He is also requesting that various sanctions placed on Syria as punishment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> be lifted now that Assad&rsquo;s government has been dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They should lift all restrictions, which were imposed on the flogger and the victim &mdash; the flogger is gone now,&rdquo; Sharaa said in an interview with London&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/article\/abu-mohammed-al-jolani-syria-hts-leader-interview-nmbz0xb0v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the London Times\">the<em> Times<\/em><\/a>, referring to Assad. &ldquo;This issue is not up for negotiation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Western powers are, in some ways, happy to see the end of Assad&rsquo;s regime, which was haunted by the repeated use of chemical weapons against its own people and mass violation of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>However, those same countries are still less than enthusiastic about the new boss.<\/p>\n<p>HTS was founded as an al Qaeda affiliate branch that eventually split from the wider Islamic radical network. It is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3255743\/us-debate-lifting-terrorist-designation-new-ruler-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">designated as a terrorist group<\/a> by the United States and many of its allies.<\/p>\n<p>Sharaa seems to understand that a rebrand is necessary for the various rebel factions that contributed to the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>He is now promising to dismantle these groups, promising that &ldquo;fighters will be prepared to join the Ministry of Defense and everyone will be subject to the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The new leader granted amnesty to soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army who served under the old regime as a display of mercy. He has also issued a communique ordering rebel forces not to bother women over dress codes.<\/p>\n<p>Sharaa met with British diplomats in Damascus this week to begin discussions of how the new Syria will fit into the global community. He also met Monday with Geir Pedersen, a United Nations special envoy.<\/p>\n<p>International observers hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3254125\/syria-rebels-prime-minister-regime-centrist-reformers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sharaa and his government&rsquo;s<\/a> stated vision for a modern, democratic Syria is genuine. However, recent events in Afghanistan have tempered expectations for a transition from Islamic extremism to egalitarian tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021 through a similarly rapid and violent military campaign that overthrew established government authorities. The new leaders promised a series of reforms to soften Islamic social teaching and expand human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Within months, the terrorist group broke the majority of those promises &mdash; pulling women out of the education system, failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">stop illicit narcotic production<\/a>, and continuing unilateral detainment of suspected opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1908001\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1908001\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian rebel leader promotes &#8216;social justice&#8217; for global support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2381024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24351399979452.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14436,46991,5191,36625,46262],"class_list":["post-2381023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activism","tag-global-campaign","tag-leadership","tag-social-justice","tag-syrian-rebels"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24351399979452.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381027,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381023\/revisions\/2381027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}