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Maher Al Mounes with Jonathan Sawaya in Beirut

US Hoping For 'Inclusive' Transition In Syria

Map showing the zones of control of the different forces in Syria as of December 10, two days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime, according to latest data from ISW (Credit: AFP)

The United States was pushing Thursday for an "inclusive" transition in Syria from president Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule, after the country's new leaders pledged to protect minority rights.

Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, which brought a sudden end to five decades of abuses by the Assad clan.

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