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President of the Lebanese Democratic Party Ṭalāl Arslān demands the clear statement of a secular state in Syria at allow a serious chance for all components of the Syrian society to progress under the state, the constitution and the law. 

27 February    

President of the Lebanese Democratic Party Ṭalāl Arslān demands the clear statement of a secular state in Syria at allow a serious chance for all components of the Syrian society to progress under the state, the constitution and the law and to extinguish the fears with clarity and transparency. 

Via his account on the X platform Arslān said: “the practical experiences based on reality are not reassuring and from my position always dedicated to the Arab option and the national identity I say: I wish from those sitting at the new Syrian administration the announcement of Syrian Republic that is Arabic in its upmost political identity and liberated from all non-Syrian forces on its soil, first of all Israel”.

He also added: “Some rejected statements and declarations from time to time are reiterated aiming to scare our brethren in Southern Syria from living under the new Syrian rule. This intimidation is a project, as the Druze people overall agree to always confirm the direction of Arabism and Islam through the honorable past of the leaders of the Druze community both in Syria and Lebanon”.

Arslān continued disapproving “all attempts to exploit the situation of the Druze in Syria by the Israeli enemy to break them away from the Syrian society that is complex in its ethnic and sectarian composition “, confirming that the Druze are not to played with for internal Syrian division some are heading for. 

He continued: “Yet we don’t remain within the confines of verbal wishes, hopes and calls that are not providing solution for our brothers at Ğabal al-‘Arab and I can say frankly, the matter is up to the clarity and honesty of the new Syrian administration and the way it approaches the present multipolarity in Syria and respecting their sensitivities, whether it is about the ‘Alawī coast, or the Kurds, or the Christians, or the Shia, or the Druze, and even many times the Sunna”. 

The “army” of the Israeli Occupation once again invaded deep inside Syrian territory and reached the administrative border of the al-Qunayṭra and Dar‘ā provinces in the South. 

This invasion came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “army” of the Occupation will hold in to its positions in Syria as a defensive measure and said: “We will not allow the forces of the Hay’at Taḥrīr aš-Šām, or the new Syrian army to enter the areas to the south of Damascus and we demand the total demilitarization of Southern Syria, in the provinces of the al-Qunayṭra and Dar‘ā and as-Suwaydā’.” 

Netanyahu is playing on the sectarian dispute warning about a “threat” to the Druze community in as-Suwaydā”. In a direct response to his statements the leader of the “Community of the Free in Ğabal al-‘Arab” in as-Suwaydā’ aš-Šayh Sulaymān ‘Abd al-Bāqī announced his complete rejection of interference by any foreign side into the Syrian internal affairs.

Pic: President of the Lebanese Democratic Party Ṭalāl Arslān