The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Ahmed al-Sharaa, known as
, said that what happened in
“is a victory” over the Iranian project that is “dangerous to the region as a whole,” noting that “
we have no enmity with Iranian society,” while explaining that “he has systematic plans to address the destruction practiced by the regime of former President
,” stressing that “what happened in Syria is not a coincidence, and has been prepared for years.”
Regarding the Russian military presence in Syria, the head of the military administration of the Syrian opposition factions explained that the factions "tried to avoid provoking the Russians and give them a chance to re-evaluate the relationship with them