MBABANE: Syria’s new interim Prime Minister Bashar al-Assad has pledged to protect minority rights and bring security to the country in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera this week.
This comes amid reports that the tomb of Hafez al-Assad,the father of removed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was torched in Latakia.
It has been reported that, the tomb of Hafez, who was President from 1971 until his death in 2000, was burned in his hometown of Qardaha, located in the Latakia heartland of al-Assad’s Alawite community. Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian President, succeeded him in 2000.
“Mohammed al-Bashir, the newly appointed caretaker Prime Minister, said the priority was to ensure that people could return to work, but pledged to bring to justice “those whose hands are stained with blood”, Aljazeera reported on Thursday.
Syria's new transitional Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir says he wants stability and calm in the country [Stringer/SANA/AFP]