Syria’s interim gov’t pledges justice, jobs and security in ‘new era’

A street vendor hawks his bread near the Umayyad Mosque, after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was deposed, in Damascus, Syria [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]

Syria’s new rulers have pledged to create special tribunals for those who have “committed crimes against Syrians” under deposed President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the interim government’s spokesman.

In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid, Obaid Arnaut said a key part of the new government’s mission as they usher in a “new era” is to re-establish people’s trust in the rule of law and the country’s judicial system.