Thomas Schmidinger: Turkey'S exit; decentralization are to solve Syrian crisis

The crisis that began on March 15^th, 2011, turned into a crisis that continues for the present day, a ground for military battles and a proxy war in which Syrians have no benefit of this war is just in serving those who call themselves "opposition" to foreign interests and agendas, primarily regional States, such as Turkey and Qatar, and the Government of Damascus's commitment to all its security minds and dealings.

In this context, the Austrian politician and member of the board of directors of the Austrian Association for Studies, Thomas Schmidinger, stressed that external interference, particularly the Turkish occupation, has prolonged the life of the crisis, and that the solution lies in its exit from Syrian territory, leaving the decision to the Syrians.

Thomas Schmidinger said in an interview with ANHA agency about the reality of the Syrian crisis and ways to solve it: "The Turkish forces must leave Syria as a whole. The Turkish attacks are continuing, and they are still occupying the Syrian lands, and they want to occupy it like" Afrin and Serêkaniyê, and any solution to the Syrian war must include a withdrawal Turkish forces from Syria.

Speaking about the Turkish intervention and its attacks on Syrian territory, Schmidinger indicated that the Turkish occupation, in addition to fighting the Syrians militarily, is using water as a weapon in order to put the region under pressure.

He pointed out that what complicates the Syrian crisis, and the Turkish presence, is the conflict and competition between Russia and the United States of America over the region, and said: "If any kind of consensus is reached, such as any kind of power-sharing between the two parties here regarding the region, then that will be a solution, the problem will be solved easily."

He stressed that the solution to the war in Syria needs a solution based on decentralization, referring to the need to adopt the model of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, for the whole of Syria, to solve the existing crisis in the country.

The regions of north and east Syria depend in managing their regions on an experience and a political-administrative model (Autonomous Administration), which includes all segments of Syrian society and its components, through which they were able to stay away from all forms of civil wars, which made them a difficult number in the Syrian equation as Syrians, unlike the rest of the Syrian regions.

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ANHA