The new prime minister of Syria, Mohammed al-Bashir, who will lead the country in the period of the transition, he promised in an interview with "Al Jazeera" television. today stability and peace of the Syrian people, exhausted by a war lasting more than 13 years, reported France Press.
"It is time for this people to enjoy stability and peace, to be taken care of and to know that the government is working to provide them with the services they need," said Bashir, who was appointed to the post by the Islamist rebels who overthrew President Bashar al-Assad.
Bashir heads a government that will "lead current activities until March 2025 until constitutional issues are resolved," Syrian state news agency SANA reported this evening, quoting him as saying.
Rebels who seized power in Damascus after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said they had captured the city of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria. An NGO said Kurdish forces in the city , have withdrawn, reported France Press.
"Our forces have captured the entire city of Deir ez-Zor,", a rebel statement said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Kurdish forces had withdrawn to surrounding settlements before the town was overrun by local Arab fighters who joined the rebels after their lightning offensive that began on November 27 .
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - a US-backed Kurdish group - and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels have reached a US-brokered ceasefire agreement in the northern city of Manbij.
The goal is "to ensure the safety and security of the civilian population," SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said earlier today, quoted by Reuters.
"The fighters of the Manbij Military Council, who have been resisting the attacks since November 27, will withdraw from the area as soon as possible," Abdi added.
Meanwhile, the non-governmental organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHRC) reported that 218 people had been killed in the fighting between the SDF and Ankara-backed rebels in Manbij and its surroundings over the past three days, according to AFP.
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AFP recalls that Turkish-backed factions launched an offensive, as a result of which they were able to enter the city and establish themselves near it.
The UNHRC noted that fighting continues in the Raqqa city area.