People ride their bikes a long a street in Idlib, a northwestern Syrian city where Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had maintained an administration at the time when Syria's civil war front lines were frozen, Syria, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
(Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to Syrians to determine their own future and called for an "inclusive" government taking account of the country's diverse ethnic and religious interests.
A ministry statement said Moscow was closely watching the situation more than a week after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, long backed by Moscow, and as power becomes consolidated under commander Ahmed al-Sharaa.
