Syria's de facto ruler reassures minorities, meets Lebanese Druze leader
Hindustan Times- Syria's de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Sunday in another effort to reassure minorities they will be protected after Islamist rebels led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago. Syria's de facto ruler reassures minorities, meets Lebanese Druze leader Sharaa said no sects would be excluded in Syria in what he described as "a new era far removed from sectarianism". Jumblatt, a veteran politician and prominent Druze leader, said at the meeting that Assad's ouster should usher in new constructive relations between Lebanon and Syria. Sharaa, dressed in a suit and tie rather than the military fatigues he favoured in his rebel days, also said he would send a government delegation to the southwestern Druze city of Sweida, pledging to provide services to its community and highlighting Syria's "rich diversity of sects".
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