One of Syria’s Opposition Leaders Hopes for Peace Despite Israel’s ‘Historic Mistake’ in Buffer Zone

The leader of one of the main opposition groups abroad, the National Front for Syrian Salvation, Fahad al-Masri, spoke toi24NEWS his optimism regarding diplomatic relations between his country and Israel. “We want to see an Israeli embassy in place of the Iranian embassy in Damascus,” he said. “We want to see the Israeli flag raised where the Iranian embassy is now.”

However, he said Israel had committed a “historic error” by deciding to seize the Golan buffer zone and strike the remnants of the Syrian army, even if it still wants “a just and peaceful peace.” courageous with Israel.

Israeli strikes “could undo all the efforts made over the past ten years to bring the new Syria and Israel closer together,” continued Fahad al-Masri. Another mistake he said Israel made was reaching out to selected groups rather than all Syrians, whether Sunni, Kurd or Druze.

The fall of the Assad regime is a “historic moment” for Syrians, he added. “For decades, the Syrian people lived under a republic of horror, fear and isolation from the rest of the world. Today, the Syrian people are free from this murderous and criminal regime.”

Regarding the reasons why Iran and Russia did not come to the aid of former President Bashar al-Assad, Fahad al-Masri said he believed that “the Russians and the Iranians know very well that Assad is a thing of the past, and that attempts to revive it and give it additional time are a waste of time and effort, and are negative for the Iranians and Russians.”