Syrian President Issues Rare Apology for Remarks That Offended Deir-Ez-Zor Residents

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Anger in Deir ez-Zor... and a presidential apology to contain the crisis. Statements by the father of the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, sparked widespread anger in Deir ez-Zor province after a television interview that many considered offensive to the province's residents. This prompted the Syrian president to intervene personally and offer a direct apology to contain the escalating tension.

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Hussein al-Sharaa, father of former Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, clarified the controversy surrounding statements attributed to him regarding Deir ez-Zor province, asserting that the circulated clip was taken out of context from a longer interview. In a Facebook post, al-Sharaa explained that his remarks addressed the racism and regional discrimination entrenched by the regimes of Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, and the resulting exclusionary po…