Tribal leaders: constructive and discussions in symposium in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Tribal leaders and sheikhs said on Saturday that discussion in the second symposium held by the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) in Deir ez-Zor was constructive in addition to being transparent in raising issues and listening to criticism.
On Saturday, the SDC held the second symposium in the northern Deir ez-Zor countryside under the title Towards a National Conference for the People of the Jazira and the Euphrates.
Tribal sheikhs, heads, and intellectuals from the western area of Deir ez-Zor took part in the symposium, in addition to SDC’s Presidential Council.
Ali Amod, the Sheikh of Sada Marasma clan in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, said that the symposium was constructive. “We presented some suggestions and we hope SDC will answer,” he said.
The dialogue should be among all Syrian parties to serve the people of the area, whether the Syrian government or various parties of the Syrian opposition, Amod told North Press.
“There must be participation over the political decision of the region and we should be representatives not only in name,” he added.
The participants in the symposium supported the intra-Syrian dialogue, and seek to participate in the political decision and the Autonomous Administration as well, Hikmat Habib, Deputy co-chair of the SDC’s Executive Body, told North Press on Saturday.
The symposium included the intra-Syrian dialogue, the dialogue with the opposition, with the government, and the intra-Kurdish dialogue, as well as the impact of these issues on the political solution. These topics were in addition to discussing the historical relations between the peoples of the region and their role in building the Autonomous Administration, and the mechanism for developing participation and institutional work in Administration.
Elwan Jasem, a leader from the town of Baghouz, said that “such symposia should address the people and region’s demands and move to another phase to develop the area politically, militarily, financially, and in terms of services.”
Jasem stressed the necessity of creating a political body in northeast Syria that “represents all communities of the region in order to develop the Autonomous Administration.”
Hussin Barghoth, a Sheikh of the Karabla Delimi clan from Abu Kamal area, expressed his satisfaction and optimism about the symposia by SDC through listening to the demands of the people.
“The SDC and the Autonomous Administration respond to the people’s demands; however, mistakes that were carried out were individuals’ mistakes,” he added.
The SDC will hold another symposium in Deir ez-Zor, according to those in charge of the symposia.