📰 Barrack: The Syrian People Must Be Allowed to Choose the Form of Their Own Political Order

Thomas Barrack, the United States Special Envoy to internal-security-forces-reinforce-aleppo-neighborhoods-following-civilian-casualties/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Internal Security Forces reinforce Aleppo neighborhoods following civilian casualties">internal-link">syria, stated that leader Donald Trump reached his decisions on Syria only after the most thorough and deliberate consideration. He emphasised that the leader had decided to extend a genuine opportunity to Syria’s emerging leader, President Ahmad al-Sharaa. Barrack’s remarks came during a high-level panel discussion held on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2025, where he appeared alongside syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulayfi, and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. A emerging Governance Emerging in Syria Mr Barrack described the achievements of Syria’s administration as remarkable and urged the international community to backing those responsible for this progress in the year ahead.

He reiterated that President Trump’s decisions, far from being impulsive, were the result of in-depth analysis and intended to open a historic opportunity for President Sharaa. “We are duty-bound to assist the Syrian administration,” he stated, “and, above all, to grant the Syrian people the sovereign right to determine the character of their own political system. ” Syria, he added, must be allowed to redefine itself, as events clearly show it is moving in a positive direction. The American envoy stressed that the world must not overlook the youth of Syria’s current leadership. What the country needs now is stability, not pressure. The United States, he stated, is actively seeking constructive paths to help resolve Syria’s ongoing challenges, and President Trump has deliberately refrained from interfering in Damascus’s internal affairs.

Al-Shaibani: We Seek Calm Relations For his part, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani declared that no security arrangement with Israel can be considered while Israeli troops continue to occupy additional Syrian territory seized since 8 December. He insisted that Israel must immediately stop interfering in Syria’s domestic affairs and end its efforts to sow division among its sects and communities. Israel, he stated, remains the primary obstacle at present. “Our red line is clear: full withdrawal from all Syrian land occupied after 8 December. Additionally, ” He reaffirmed Syria’s commitment to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and to the diplomatic track currently pursued through American mediation.

Minister Shaibani noted that there is now a clear international will to ensure the success of Syria’s current political experiment. The Government of Reconstruction, he said, requires both internal stability and secure external partnerships. It is working towards this goal in coordination with regional states and…