CNN quoted Abu Muhammad al-Julani, a leader in the Joint Operations Department of the Syrian opposition, as saying that the goal of the recent moves in Syria is to ultimately overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Al-Jolani said during an exclusive interview conducted with him by the network that the goal of the Syrian revolution is to overthrow the regime, stressing its right to use all available means to achieve this goal.

In his first media interview in years, al-Jolani spoke about plans to form a government based on institutions and a council chosen by the Syrian people, describing the Assad regime as dead.

"The seeds of the regime's defeat were always present within it. The Iranians tried to revive the regime, buy it time, and then the Russians also tried to support it, but the truth is that this regime is dead," he said.

Al-Jolani sent reassuring messages to the residents of the areas controlled by the armed Syrian opposition, and stressed that civilians have nothing to fear in the administration of the areas controlled by the opposition in Syria, adding that "the people who fear Islamic rule have either seen incorrect applications of it or have not understood it correctly."

He also stressed the commitment to the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, noting that these sects have coexisted in this region for hundreds of years, and no one has the right to eliminate them.