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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today congratulated the Syrian-American community, the liberated people of Syria, the Muslim world, and everyone who supports justice for all on the fall of the brutal Assad dictatorship.
Last week, CAIR reaffirmed its longstanding support for the Syrian people in their struggle for liberation from the war criminal Bashar Al Assad, condemned the regime and Russia for their latest desperate “terror bombings” of Syrian civilians, and called on the United States to reassess both its military presence in Syria and its policies toward Syrian rebel groups.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“CAIR congratulates the Syrian-American community, the liberated people of Syria, the Muslim world, and everyone who cares about justice and freedom on the downfall of the brutal and murderous Assad regime.
“We thank God for this historic, miraculous arrival of freedom after decades of brutal oppression against the Syrian people. We pray that the Syrian people succeed in establishing a representative government that upholds justice for all its citizens, advances just policies across the region and serves as a beacon of inspiration for other oppressed people around the world.
“We encourage the incoming Trump administration to make plans to phase out the unauthorized presence of U.S. troops in Syria, turn over occupied land to the Syrian people and ensure that neither our government nor the lawless Israeli government undermines democracy-building in Syria or otherwise interferes with Syrian sovereignty.”
Since the start of the Syrian revolution in 2015, CAIR has expressed support for the Syrian people, condemned the Assad regime’s war crimes, and called for the international community to take action to protect civilians from harm.
