“But what we need to say is a political resolution in line with the UN resolutions. And we need to see civilians and infrastructure protected.
“Far too many individuals have misplaced their lives – we’d like stability in that area.”
Politics newest: Deputy PM responds to Assad’s fall
President Assad has fled Syria in accordance with a number of stories, following a lightning-fast insurgent advance that noticed his energy evaporate in lower than a fortnight.
The rebels, made up of varied opposition teams however led by a one which has its origins in Al-Qaeda, stated this morning they’re persevering with work to finish the switch of energy in Syria to a transitional governing physique with full govt powers.
Ms Rayner added: “If Assad has fallen and that regime is over, I welcome that.
“He wasn’t precisely good to the Syrian individuals.
“So we want to see a political resolution so that we can get that stability for Syrians and make sure that they have their infrastructure so that they have a political government there that is working in the interest of the Syrian people.”
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Syrian president leaves Damascus
‘We have had a plan’ to evacuate Britons
Requested about British residents in Syria, the deputy prime minister stated: “You’ll have heard last week the foreign secretary was very clear about UK civilians leaving Syria.
“We have had a plan to make sure that individuals had been evacuated forward of what is occurred over the weekend, and we proceed to help our UK nationals.”
Ms Rayner was additionally pushed by Trevor Phillips on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the principle insurgent pressure, and its former hyperlink to Al Qaeda.
‘We’d like a political answer’
“Dictatorship and terrorism creates problems for the people of Syria who have faced so much already and also destabilizes the region,” she stated.
“That’s why we have to have a political solution where the government is acting in the interests of the Syrian people. That’s what we want to see.
“That is the kind of democracy that we are saying is correct for the world and that hopefully, is what the Syrian individuals will get.”
Sir Keir Starmer is heading to the Center East later for a gathering with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, though the summit was organised earlier than the autumn of the Assad regime.
