The Syrian Future Movement followed with great interest the speech of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa before the United Nations General Assembly. This was the first speech by a Syrian president in more than half a century, and carried profound political and humanitarian connotations. It restored Syria to its natural place within the international community after years of isolation and devastation.
The Syrian Future Movement sees this speech as a manifestation of the tireless efforts being made to preserve Syria’s unity and ensure the success of the transitional phase. These efforts are evident in the restoration of Syria’s role on the international stage and in the speech, which featured a clear trilogy: peace, prosperity, and development, as a strategic framework for managing the new phase.
At the same time, the Syrian Future Movement emphasizes the need to balance supporting and encouraging these external efforts with caution regarding internal challenges that threaten the country’s unity. The Syrian landscape remains fragile, and the national map is threatened by multiple parties, whether through Israel’s annexation of southern Syria or calls for autonomy in Sweida and the northeast of the country. This calls for national vigilance and political and societal cohesion.
The Syrian Future Movement emphasizes that we do not view the president’s speech solely in terms of its narrative, but rather in its broader context: Syria’s presence as a normal state in the international community, led by a president emerging from a devastating war, in a country still threatened by invasion and fragmentation. This international presence is an important step, but it does not replace the need to address pressing internal issues. The lack of full unification among military factions, the continued presence of weapons outside the state, the slow implementation of the March agreement with the SDF, the coastal forest fires, and calls for secession in Sweida are all indicators that call for urgent national action at the same pace as external diplomatic activity.
The Syrian Future Movement emphasizes that its position on President al-Sharaa’s trilogy—peace, prosperity, and development—is moderate and national, stemming from our commitment to preserving a unified Syrian identity and building a state of law and institutions, far removed from polarization and fragmentation.
