
Al-Assad's Ambassador to Moscow and Long-Time Ambassador to the UN Bashar Al-Jaafari Changes Allegiance While "Celebrating the Change" with Syrian Expats in Moscow: There Was No Regime Really - It was a Corrupt Mafia System Seeking Its Personal Goals
Al-Assad’s Ambassador to Russia and former long-time Ambassador to the UN, Bashar Al-Jaafari, changed allegiance and "celebrated the change" in regime with Syrian expats in Moscow. In his address, he said that they were celebrating the victory of the will of the Syrian people, who ousted the oppressive rule and the beginning of a new, optimistic era. Al-Jaafari said that the new rule should focus on prosperity, love, peace, and reconstruction. He criticized Al-Assad’s regime, which he had previously supported, and said that at no point was there really any regime under Al-Assad; rather, it was a "corrupt mafia system" that served its own personal goals. Sawt Beirut International broadcast video of this gathering on December 24, 2024.
Bashar Al-Jaafari: "We have invited the respected [Syrian] expats to celebrate together the change. I apologize... We are celebrating the change, and the victory of the will of the Syrian people, by ousting the oppressive rule and the beginning of a new one, which calls for optimism toward a bright future. Inshallah, tomorrow will be brighter than yesterday, with the help of Allah. This should be the main slogan from which we will embark forward, in order to build a new country, which will focus on prosperity, love, peace, and reconstruction.
"I am talking about the Syrian state, not about the regime. It may come to you as a surprise when I tell you that basically, there was no regime at any point. If there had been a regime, it would have at least defended itself. What we had there was a corrupt mafia system that harnessed the country's interests in the service of its own goals. This is why, as you could see, this system has fallen, in these circumstances and this speed."