Turkey faces increasing rejection in NE Syria, Iranian demonstrations are expanding

On Tuesday morning, the Arab press touched upon the situation on north and east of Syria, as well as to the Lebanese and Iranian demonstrations

Al-Arab: Turkey faces increasing rejection in "friendly" areas of northern Syria

"Turkish forces and their Syrian militias are facing increasing rejection in northern Syria, extending to areas previously considered" friendly ", such as the cities of al-Bab and Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo," al-Arab said.

Analysts consider that the reaction of Syrian civilians in the north is natural and predictable. Ankara, no matter how it tries to find justification for its existence, and promoting its presence in a humanitarian nature, but it remains an occupation, amid the likelihood that the protests will turn into a large-scale rebellion, which poses a major challenge for Ankara.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday his country had rejected an offer to share Syrian oil because of its preference for "human", in what appeared to be a reference to the United States.

Erdogan's statement, according to observers, is a big fallacy, in that Turkey is one of the main perpetrators of looting Syrian oil in cooperation with the Islamic State when it was extending its influence over most of northern and eastern Syria.

For most of his views, Erdogan is keen to point out that his country's presence in Syria aims to defeat the Kurdish threat and help the Syrians, but these statements no longer fool the simple citizen who sees the presence of Turkey as a factor of tension and not a factor of stability.

One of the main reasons for the growing popular anger is the chaos in areas under the direct control of Turkey, such as al-Bab, Azaz and Afrin, where almost a day passes without bombings that cause civilian casualties.

Turkey is trying hard to impose Turkification policy on the areas under its controls directly or through pro-Syrian factions by training security forces to establish security, granting Turkish institutions oversight of the service sector, as well as changing educational curricula and adopting Turkish as the primary language.

Emirates today: Iranian opposition confirms the protests spread to 107 cities

On the Iranian issue, the UAE newspaper said today, "the opposition group« the People's Mujahedeen »Iranian opposition, said the protests widened to include more than 107 cities, while Iran acknowledged yesterday, that it is still facing« riots », Although the situation has become "calmer," after days of demonstrations marred by violence, on the back of the rise in gasoline prices, while state media said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had warned protesters of "decisive" action if the unrest did not stop.

"If necessary, we will take decisive and revolutionary action against any continuing moves to destabilize peace and security," the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's main heavily armed security force, said in a statement carried by state media.

Al-Arab: Kurds are considering withdrawing from the Turkish parliament

"Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party is considering withdrawing its deputies from parliament because of the increasing pressure it faces as a way to protest the government's decision to dismiss 24 mayors in the past three months," Al Arab newspaper said.

The deputy MPs, mayors and local officials of the HDP will meet Wednesday in Ankara to discuss the situation and decide on the response, said Saruhan Oltach, deputy chairman of the HDP.

“We will continue our struggle in every forum against the dismissal of mayors. One of the questions we will answer is whether to withdraw our deputies from parliament.”

While Erdogan continues to enjoy sweeping executive powers to his presidential office, his party's poor showing in this year's municipal elections is a symbolic blow to him and shows the frustration of an economy that has hurt a politician who has long been seen as invincible.

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ANHA