Video: From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus

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From Fighters to Policemen in a Publish-Assad Damascus Because the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to directors, sustaining order within the streets of the capital has grow to be a prime precedence. Till just lately, these males have been at conflict with the Syrian authorities. Now, they’re manning checkpoints throughout the capital. They’re former fighters for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or H.T.S. The Islamist group, as soon as an Al Qaeda affiliate, overthrew the federal government of Bashar al-Assad in early December. After 13 years of civil conflict, restoring safety is without doubt one of the prime priorities for H.T.S. The group has put in folks like Basel al-Helal, a former insurgent, to move the police in Damascus. The fighters turned police now management visitors and are attempting to return property that was looted through the current authorities overthrow. In addition they say their mission is to conduct raids to apprehend drug sellers, thieves and former authorities officers. Earlier than ousting al-Assad, H.T.S. ran a neighborhood authorities in part of northern Syria that it managed. There, it was accused of rights abuses, together with the jailing of critics. This has some folks anxious. They're involved about how H.T.S. will govern now that it controls a a lot bigger and extra various a part of the nation. These H.T.S. fighters say considerations about them are misplaced.