Mohammed Nour Eldin: Turkey's policies put Syria in danger

MIDIYA HANNAN – ALI HASSEN / BEIRUT

The Turkish academician and researcher in Turkey's affairs and the director of the Strategic Studies Center in Beirut Dr. Mohammed Nour Eldin talked about the Turkish recent threats to launch an attack on North and East Syria and the Turkish ambitions to occupy the Syrian territories in an interview conducted by Hawar news agency.

The Turkish threats come at every stalemate it suffers from or to put pressure on another party

Mohammed Nour Eldin said, "We used to the Turkish threats to launch military operations whenever the circumstance is appropriate for them or it is in trouble and want to get out of it or to put pressure on other parties to achieve some gains."

Nour Eldin stressed that the Turkish threat to launch an attack has more than one motive. The first is to put pressure on America to break its alliance with the Kurds in Syria or to move to do something about the issue of Fathullah Gulen or to hand it over, and thus putting pressure on the United States to make some achievements after the killing of  the Saudi journalist Jamal al-Khashoggi did not work.

He added, "Erdogan is preparing for a military attack in one way or another against the Kurds just the same as happened in Afrin in the lead-up to the municipal elections that will take place in late March so that he would have completed a military action that helps AKP to lead the municipal elections and achieve a great victory, especially that these elections have been the main focus for the internal work after the parliamentary has lost its role."

The objective is the direct occupation of the border strip inside Syria

"It is clear that the issue in the north-east of Syria is to invoke the existence of Syrian democratic forces in order to get rid of a Kurdish entity in northern Syria or any non-Turkmen or non-Arab element cooperating with the Turks, but the longer goal Is the direct occupation of the borderline inside Syria with Turkey or the establishment of a border bar pro-Turkey in the event of negotiations have begun finally. "

Russia takes its interests mainly at the expense of Syrian interests

He pointed out that Russia is pursuing a policy of rapprochement with Turkey, taking into account its interests as a superpower and not necessarily taking Syrian interests, and there are Russian interests beyond the Syrian arena. "Unfortunately, the price paid by Russia to Turkey for cooperation with it in more than one file On more than one level, it was often Syrian interests, such as allowing Turkey to occupy the Euphrates and occupy Afrin. Of course, Russia is a big country with interests that may intersect or not intersect with the interests of the Syrian state. "

Any attack means green US light

Turkey has not made any attack on northeastern Syria or on Manbaj, which could lead to a clash with US forces there. "Turkey will not dare enter into northeastern Syria without a green light, and it does not seem to exist, .

 He added: "But if there are bargains between Turkey and America, America could allow entry into the areas of northeastern Syria, where the Americans are not present, that is, not directly collide with American forces. Hence, the Turkish attack could start from the Shankal area on the Iraqi border And therefore can be justified by America and be compensated for entering the north-east of Syria. "

The occupation of Turkey does not serve Syrian interests

"Turkey and America do not want a mutual clash or there may be compromises on the pattern that I have mentioned. In fact, it does not serve the principle of Syrian interests nor Iran's interests, because Iran does not want a Turkish entity in Syria. The Syrian state rejects the existence of any entity, Foreigner especially if Turkey but desires something and the ability to squeeze something else. "

Turkey has changed its demographic and social structure in each of its regions

And the academic and researcher in the Turkish affairs and director of the Center for Strategic Studies in Beirut, that Turkey is undoubtedly benefiting from any area to enter "to change its demographic and social structure and make it a region loyal to them in one way or another and be a sphere of influence and if there are fabrications can be used, In Syria, where Turkey was cooperating with the Daash in taking oil from areas of control and urging them to northern Iraq or Turkey itself.

Turkish policies are a threat to the unity of Syrian territory

In conclusion, Dr. Mohamed Nooruddin spoke about the danger of Turkish policies on the future of Syria. "Certainly, Turkish policies are a threat to the future of Syria. Turkey wants to compensate for the failure of its project in the Middle East as a whole and to achieve gains and achievements in Syria through the occupation, So far in Grapples and Afrin and the door and looking to complete this occupation in the north-east of Syria, they want to cut off part of the Syrian territory be directly subject to the Turkish occupation or through its agents in this tape, and this is certainly a threat to the unity of Syria and contradicts the Turkish talk about Turkey is keen on Unity of Syria Which is confirmed by field practices in Syria. "

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