Arab newspapers: Tension between Damascus forces, Turkish occupation, Sunnis of Iraq want independence

The so-called De-escalation zone witnessed tensions between the Syrian government forces and the Turkish occupation, while observers said that the Sunni mood in Iraq is tending to demand independence.

Arab newspapers: Tension between Damascus forces, Turkish occupation, Sunnis of Iraq want independence
5 November, 2020   06:50
NEWS DESK

On Thursday morning, Arab press focused on the situation on "De-escalation" zone, as well as to Libyan situation and the crisis in Iraq.

Tension between Damascus and the Turkish occupation in the De-escalation

The beginning is from the Syrian issue, and in this context, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said: “The Syrian regime forces "pursued” the Turkish army members to southern Idlib, and bombed a site for them two days after it dismantled two military points in the countryside of Hama.

Yesterday, SOHR stated that it “recorded a missile strike by the regime forces on the Turkish observation post in Sarjah in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib. Where shells fell inside and around the point ».

And it added, "The Turkish army had completed its withdrawal from a military post in Morek in the northern countryside of Hama and its second point in Sher Maghar in Jabal Shahshabo, in conjunction with the reinforcement of its forces in a new base it had established on a hill near the village of Qokfeen, south of Idlib."

Morek is the largest point among the Turkish "observation points", and it is the first of the points located within the regime-controlled areas that Turkey evacuates under an agreement with Russia, and it will evacuate a number of other points within the regime-controlled areas in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria.

An Iraqi Sunni mood toward demanding independence

On the Iraqi issue, Al-Arab newspaper said: “The escalating wave of violence recently launched by Shiite militias against residents of Sunni-majority areas has once again put Iraq before the challenge of preserving its territorial integrity, in light of the decline in the confidence of the residents of those areas in the state that is mainly led by Shiite parties, and with the participation of militias. Sectarianism in the formulation of its security decision and its implementation on the ground. "

The Iraqi politician Mishaan al-Jubouri warned that the "behavior of the pro-militia" in the northern and western regions of the country might push the population there to demand partition.

The term "loyalty" is used to describe Iraqi parties and militias that command the order of the guardian jurist Ali Khamenei in Iran.

And he concludes by saying that the Sunni mood, because of these behaviors, tends towards an urgent salvation, in any way, from the arbitrary Iranian Shiite domination, adding that “Sunnis in Iraq accept the establishment of regions or the establishment of the Sunni state or join any project to get rid of militias loyal to Iran.”

UN warnings to the followers of Turkey in Libya

In Libya, Al-Bayan newspaper said: “Libyans view the results of the Libyan Joint Military Committee meetings, which concluded its fifth round in the city of Ghadames, as representing a victory for the national will and a serious starting point for the country to emerge from its raging crisis for nine years, and a good preparation for the Tunis Forum, which will inaugurate its work. Next Monday, the parties and the international community are betting to witness the announcement of a political solution, after providing the appropriate climate for that.

And added, "The United Nations and the United States have warned parties, which they did not name, to try to obstruct the political dialogue, and warned them of international sanctions, indicating that a known minority stands in the way of the agreement, serving their interests and foreign agendas, which is what observers interpreted as the negative role played by the Brotherhood and militia forces." The extremist subject to the Turkish project, which in recent days raised the pace of its moves between Ankara and Doha, with the aim of obstructing the implementation of the Geneva Agreement, which provides for the departure of foreign forces and mercenaries, and preventing any progress expected in the Tunis dialogue.

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