The armed opposition-run Syrian Information Ministry said on Friday that war reporters who worked for the deposed government of President Bashar Assad would face “transitional justice.”
“We confirm that all war journalists, who were part of the information war waged by the toppled Assad regime and contributed, either directly or indirectly, to the propaganda of its crimes against the Syrian people, will face just punishment under transitional justice,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Syrian newspaper Al-Watan reported on Monday that the armed opposition’s “general command” had banned the persecution of Syrian state media employees.
Syria’s armed opposition captured the capital of Damascus on December 8. Russian officials said that Bashar Assad, who ruled the country for 14 years, stepped down as president and left Syria for Russia, where he was granted asylum.
Mohammed al-Bashir, who ran an Idlib-based administration formed by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other opposition groups, was named interim prime minister on December 10. He announced later that the interim government had been formed and would remain in place until March 2025.
