The Goal of Rebel Group HTS: Amid the ongoing civil war in Syria, the Islamic rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of Hama, another major city of the Syrian regime, on Thursday (December 5). Meanwhile, HTS commander Abu Mohammad al-Jolani told about his goal in an interview given to CNN.
In an exclusive interview given to CNN, HTS commander Jolani clearly said, the only goal of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is to end the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At the same time, Jolani talked about forming a government in Syria that would be based on institutions and would be run through a council elected by the people.
Assad regime has to be overthrown by any means – Al-Jolani
“When we talk about our objectives, the sole goal is to overthrow the Syrian regime and it is our right to use all means available to achieve that,” an HTS commander told CNN. He further said, “The seeds of defeat of the Assad regime have always been inside it. The people of Iran tried to revive this regime and later the Russian government also tried to maintain the Assad regime. But The truth is that this regime is dead.”
The attacks by the rebel group HTS have been surprisingly significant. Due to which HTS attacked Syria’s second largest city Aleppo and captured it. At the same time, now Syria’s strategic city Hama has also been captured. The sudden attack by HTS has dealt a huge blow to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporting countries and rekindled the civil war that had been dormant for years.
Syria’s opposition forces are made up of different ideologies
Jolani said, “Syria’s opposition forces are decentralized and made up of different ideologies. However, the goal of overthrowing the Assad regime of all these forces has united them.” Jolani has tried to separate his new group from al-Qaeda, yet in 2018 the US declared HTS as a foreign terrorist organization and also placed a $10 million bounty on Jolani.
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