CHALLENGING REGIME PROPAGANDA: SNC opposition chief reassures minorities in post-Assad Syria - Alarabiya.net English

 

Jarba said minorities would be the “main fabric” of Syria following the removal of Assad. (Photo courtesy: al-Hayat)

 

Al Arabiya

Syrian National Coalition (SNC) chief Ahmad Jarba on Sunday sent comforting messages to ethnic minorities, saying they would be the “main fabric” of the country following the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

“When the regime collapses, Syria’s minorities will be part of the main fabric of Syria and part of the main components that make up the country,” Jarba told pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat.

“The regime plays the card of making minorities in the country panic. They are made to believe that the opposition is a group of extremists who want to hijack the country and kill others.”

Among other minorities, Jarba said Turkmen representatives and Alawites were part of the coalition, although not as many Alawites are involved as Jarba would hope for.

“Before the revolution, an opposition member who is not Alawite would be imprisoned for five years while the opposition member who is an Alawite would be imprisoned for ten years - that is double. And now, (the regime) executes any Alawite defector it finds....................

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