European Commission spokesman Anitta Hipper revealed at a daily press conference that “the invitation has been sent.”
The title “Standing with Syria: Meet the Needs of a Successful Transition,” is set to be the first Donor Conference, which the EU has organized annually since 2017, since the Assad administration was expelled in December.
Hipper said the meeting presents “a very important opportunity” to engage with the new Syrian rulers.
Over the past few weeks, the HTS-led army has committed a huge number of massacres against ethnic minorities, particularly the Alawians, in the country’s northwest coastal regions.
According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the majority of their civilians have been killed so far in violence in the provinces of Tartus, Latakia, Hama and Homs.
With the harsh responsibilities of HTS-led military massacres, human rights groups and the international community are calling for an immediate halt of ethnic cleansing in Syria and sect-based atrocities.
They also call for the establishment of an independent international committee of search under direct UN surveillance.
EU foreign policy director Kaja Kallas stopped condemning the murders on Tuesday and defended the actions of HTS extremists.
“It’s very quick to decide if this will go in the right direction or not. The initial signal is good, but if there’s no certainty, I’m not in a hurry to any kind of arrangement yet,” she said.
Karas only expressed concern about the risks of sectarian violence in Syria and the revival of extremism in Arab countries.
Earlier in the month, the UK announced the removal of 24 Syrian groups from sanctions imposed during the Assad government.
The European Union has also suspended sanctions imposed on Syria, including the energy, transportation and the financial institution sector, which are essential to the country’s financial stability.
Violence has skyrocketed in Syria under the HTS regulations, with hundreds of temptations and extrajudicial killings reported since the collapse of Assad’s government on December 8, 2024.
Most of the victims who were accused or killed throughout Syria are members of a minority of Alawian religious organizations as revenge continues in Arabia.
The HTS has repeatedly argued that it would respect all sects and religious rights in Syria, but was dramatically exposed last week after the ramp-prolonged massacre of Syrian Alawis by executives.
Notably, the HTS regime in Damascus has not directed efforts against Israeli occupation forces from just 20 kilometers from the capital.
Instead, its most enthusiastic targets are Syrian Alawi minority communities, who are forced to face aid in five or ten batches a day, such as being ordered like dog-like bark, and sometimes five or ten batches a day, and even humiliated.
The HTS administration claims it is targeting killing operations, but the military crackdown on Alawis, which began in early March, quickly fell on an open massacre of civilians.
At least 973 Alawite civilians were massacred on March 10 alone, according to Sohr.
MNA