Syrian president in the transitional period Ahmed al-Sharaa expressed the state’s readiness to listen to the various popular demands raised by demonstrators in different parts of Syria and to discuss them seriously, noting that proposals related to secession or federalism often stem from “narrow readings or a lack of political awareness”.

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On 25 November, cities and rural areas in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus on Syria’s coast, as well as areas in the western countryside of Hama province and the al-Ghab Plain (west central Syria), witnessed demonstrations in main squares calling for “an end to the killings and for federalism”, in addition to demands to release detainees arrested after the fall of the former regime.

Federalism similar to local administration law

In his participation in the meeting, al-Sharaa said, “Over the past two days, we have witnessed many legitimate popular demands, but some of them were politicized if we want to call things by their names”, pointing to “the state’s full readiness to listen to the various demands and discuss them seriously”.