Palestinian factions have largely expressed help for the Syrian individuals after the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad whereas saying that they hope the brand new authorities will help the Palestinian trigger.
As daylight broke in Damascus within the early hours of Sunday morning, Syrians woke as much as a dramatically changed country after opposition forces swept into Syria’s capital lower than two weeks right into a lightning offensive.
Palestinian factions have supported opposing sides of the Syrian battle over the previous 13 years. Syria – dwelling to lots of of 1000’s of Palestinian refugees – has performed a significant function within the Arab-Israeli battle.
Right here’s how main Palestinian teams reacted to the autumn of al-Assad over the previous days:
Palestinian Authority (PA)
The State of Palestine, run by the PA, stated on Sunday that it stands by the Syrian individuals, “respecting their will and political selections, in a approach that ensures their safety and stability and preserves their achievements”.
The Palestinian presidency added in a press release that it affirms “the necessity to respect the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, and to protect its safety and stability, wishing continued progress and prosperity for the brotherly Syrian individuals”.
The presidency burdened that political events ought to prioritise the pursuits of the Syrian individuals and again Palestinians’ “simply trigger in direction of freedom and independence”.
Hamas
Hamas congratulated the Syrian individuals on Monday for reaching their “aspirations for freedom and justice”.
“We stand strongly with the nice individuals of Syria … and respect the desire, the independence, and the political selections of the individuals of Syria,” the Palestinian group stated in a press release.
It additionally urged Syrians to unite and “rise above the injuries of the previous”, condemning what it known as the “brutal aggression” by Israel towards Syria.
Hamas added that it hopes that Syria will proceed “its historic and pivotal function in supporting the Palestinian individuals”.
Hamas sided with the rebellion towards al-Assad early within the disaster regardless of its alliance with Iran, which backed the federal government in Damascus. The Palestinian group’s place cooled down ties with Tehran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, however the alliance was finally revived regardless of disagreements over Syria.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
The Palestinian faction, which is allied with Hamas and Iran, stated the latest developments are a Syrian matter that pertains to the “selections of the brotherly Syrian individuals”.
“The Islamic Jihad hopes Syria will stay a real supporter and backer for the Palestinian individuals and their simply trigger, because it has all the time been,” Ziad al-Nakhala, the pinnacle of the PIJ, stated in a press release.
The Fashionable Entrance for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
The left-wing group that has beforehand voiced help for the Syrian authorities, didn’t tackle al-Assad’s fall in its first official assertion after opposition fighters captured Damascus.
As a substitute, the PFLP centered on condemning ongoing Israeli assaults on Syria.
“This Zionist aggression towards Syrian territory carries harmful dimensions that require solidarity to confront them,” the group stated.
“The Entrance stresses that the Zionist enemy’s air strikes towards Syria and its incursion into Syrian territory quantity to a harmful escalation within the aggression towards the individuals and states of the area,” it added.
“The enemy is attempting to benefit from the section of inner modifications in Syria to attain renewed targets of aggression towards Syria and its individuals.”
The Palestinian Nationwide and Islamic Forces in Damascus
The coalition, which incorporates a number of Palestinian factions, described the ouster of al-Assad as an inner Syrian affair.
“The Palestinian Nationwide and Islamic Forces in Damascus seems ahead sincerely to the Syrian individuals’s proper to find out their future and construct a unified, absolutely sovereign Syria in a framework of freedom, justice, democracy and equal citizenship with out discrimination,” the coalition stated.
It added that it hopes for a “Syria that continues to fulfil its brotherly and nationwide duties in direction of the Palestinian individuals”.
