In an unique interview with Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Sharaa discusses regional safety, Lebanon’s disaster and home challenges.
Revealed On 26 Jul 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has revealed that Damascus is actively working to succeed in a safety settlement with Israel with the participation of a number of international locations.
Talking in an unique interview on Al Jazeera’s Al Muqabala programme, the complete interview, to be broadcast at 19:00 GMT, al-Sharaa stated he hopes the cope with Israel may function a gateway to a complete peace.
He additionally assured that such an settlement wouldn’t compromise Syria’s proper to the occupied Golan Heights, which Israel has illegally occupied since 1973.
He stated Syria is avoiding any clashes with Israel, and {that a} safety association may pave the way in which for a broader and extra complete decision to the disaster.
It comes after repeated Israeli incursions and strikes in southern Syria, since al-Sharaa got here to energy in December 2024 following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s authorities.
Lebanon’s disaster and regional fears
Al-Sharaa additionally confirmed that Syria has no intention of launching any navy intervention into neighbouring Lebanon, regardless of repeated rumours on the difficulty.
As a substitute, his authorities is at present discussing methods for Lebanese authorities to assist the nation overcome its present disaster and steer it in the direction of security.
Southern Lebanon is at present being occupied by Israel, amid months of combating between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. The Lebanese state is searching for to reclaim these occupied territories and have a monopoly on all weapons within the nation.
Moreover, he declared Damascus’s agency assist for limiting weapons and containing selections of warfare and peace solely to the Lebanese state.
Al-Sharaa harassed that addressing the Lebanese disaster requires greater than only a safety method however a complete resolution tackling a variety of points.
Any descent into chaos in Lebanon would have direct and quick repercussions on Syria, and the potential enlargement of the US-Israel warfare on Iran within the area would result in a extreme regional fall-out, he warned.
Sanctions, the SDF and lacking individuals
On home and financial fronts, al-Sharaa argued that merely lifting the financial sanctions imposed on his nation by the US and different international locations wouldn’t be efficient except Syria was additionally faraway from the record of state sponsors of terrorism.
Addressing the interior settlement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab armed teams that controls components of northern and jap Syria, the president acknowledged a delay in its implementation.
Nevertheless, he affirmed that the federal government stays totally dedicated to the settlement and continues to guess on its final success.
Al-Sharaa additionally introduced that Syrian authorities have established a particular committee to handle the difficulty of individuals lacking throughout Syria’s warfare, between 2011 and 2024.
The UN estimates that round 100,000 individuals had been forcibly disappeared during the war, whereas Syria’s Nationwide Fee on Lacking Individuals believes as many as 300,000 Syrians could possibly be lacking.
Al-Sharaa stated the committee will function strictly in accordance with worldwide requirements, working in shut cooperation with international locations that possess specialised experience on this subject.
