On this day last year, the authoritarian Assad regime fell after the Syrian people rose up against it in a revolution that lasted fourteen years. It was a historic day for the Syrian people and the closing of a tragic chapter of fifty-four years of rule marked by dictatorship, monopolization of power, and the elimination of political life in the country. The Syrian people’s revolution, which erupted for dignity and freedom and cost more than one million martyrs—with participation from all components of society—celebrates the victory of liberating Syria from the Assad regime and the beginning of a new phase built on democratic foundations that guarantee rights, freedoms, security, and stability for all Syrians.
One year after the country came under the administration of the Transitional Government, and despite the steps it has taken—from the Victory Conference to the formation of the government and parliament and the issuance of the constitutional declaration—it has shown an inability to manage Syria’s diversity in an optimal way. This has led to several tragic, sectarian-tinged incidents targeting various Syrian components, including the Druze, Alawites, and Christians, resulting in a loss of trust between communities and between these communities and the government.
On this occasion, the Syriac Union Party reaffirms its commitment to continue its struggle for its national and communal goals, which center on establishing a democratic, pluralistic state that guarantees the rights of all components and builds a political system that empowers the people in all administrative and political aspects. Such a system must ensure genuine participation, stability, confidence-building, and shared life within a single homeland. We also stress the need to secure recognition of the political, cultural, and social rights of the Syriac-Assyrian people and their effective participation in all Syrian state institutions, with constitutional guarantees affirming their status as an indigenous component of Syria.
The current transitional phase requires several key elements, including a national conference that brings together all Syrians regardless of their ethnic, religious, or geographic backgrounds—one that lays down strong and solid foundations for rebuilding Syria’s institutions, laws, and constitution, while advancing transitional justice and earning the people’s trust in a way that preserves unity and safeguards the unity of Syria itself. The current Syrian government must work toward these steps, build bridges with various political and active forces on the ground, and pursue a full and genuine consensus rather than partial or cosmetic solutions and fragile agreements that have yielded no meaningful results internally.
We extend our congratulations to the entire Syrian people on this great day. Hand in hand, we move toward building a democratic, pluralistic, decentralized Syria—one that enshrines coexistence, civil peace, rights and freedoms, rejects terrorism, and takes its rightful place regionally and internationally.
