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We must rebuild': New Syria PM urges citizens abroad to return
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|December 12, 2024
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said that there are some signs of hope from the end of the Syrian dictatorship
ROME/DAMASCUS: Syria's new transitional prime minister has called for Syrians who have sought refuge abroad to return to their homeland following the ouster of longtime president Bashar al-Assad.
Mohammad al-Bashir, appointed by rebel groups as the transitional head of government, to run the country until March, told Italy's Corriere della Sera daily that one of his first goals was to "bring back the millions of Syrian refugees who are abroad". "Their human capital, their experience will allow the country to flourish," Bashir said in an interview published on Wednesday. "Mine is an appeal to all Syrians abroad: Syria is now a free country that has earned its pride and dignity. Come back. We must rebuild, be reborn, and we need everyone's help." Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led opposition alliance swept into the capital Damascus over the weekend, bringing to an end five decades of brutal rule by his clan.
This story is from the December 12, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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