Minister of Defense of the Provisional Government of Syrian Major General Murchef Abu Kasra said that under the overthrown regime of Assad, the army was a “source of fear and anxiety” for citizens, but in the new period the army will be used only to protect the country, and not against the people.
According to the Syrian News Agency (Sana), Abu Kasra, in his statement, noted that the Bashar al -Assad regime used the armed forces and the army for his own protection, and not for the security of the people.
Abu Kasra emphasized that such a situation led to the fact that the army acquired a bad reputation and became a “source of fear and anxiety for the people.”
The minister added that the main goal of the army is to proudly protect the homeland and protect the people.
“We promise to make efforts so that in the future the army serves this purpose. In the new period, one of our priorities is the restoration of the population’s confidence in the country’s armed forces,” summed up Murhef Abu Kasra.