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Integrating Syria's former civil servants poses 'difficult' problem for new leadership

Integrating Syria's former civil servants poses 'difficult' problem for new leadership
Integrating Syria's former civil servants poses 'difficult' problem for new leadership

2025-01-18 14:00:05 - From: France 24


Syria's new leadership, HTS, faces a conundrum over what do do with millions of civil servants, formerly employed by the al-Assad regime, who now have not been paid for more than a month. HTS said it plans to reintergrate some civil servants into its administration, despite widespread hatred towards those who worked for al-Assad. "That's a very difficult thing to do but it does need to happen because that's a large mass of people right now who have no money in a country that is in a very deep economic crisis," says FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter James Andre, reporting from southern Syria.