Barakat: There is a hidden agreement between Damascus and Ankara to bring about demographic change

 The Damascus government waited 17 days to express its rejection of the settlement project announced by the head of the Turkish occupation state on May 3.

 With the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, and despite the many contradictory positions between Damascus and Ankara, the meetings between the two sides did not stop, especially on the intelligence front.  On the ground, the Damascus government has not taken any measures against the Turkish occupation army occupying Tal Abyad, Serêkaniyê, Azaz, Idlib, al-Bab, Jarablus and Afrin.

 The positions of the Damascus government remained mere verbal statements that were not accompanied by any action on the ground or serious movement in international forums, which reinforced the suspicion of agreements between the two parties, especially against northern and eastern Syria.

 In this context, Lina Barakat told our agency: "There is a hidden agreement between the Damascus government and the Turkish state in order to bring about demographic change in Syria."

 Indeed, the Damascus government carried out demographic changes in the area extending from Derik in the east to Abyad in the west, in what was known as the “Arab belt” in 1963.

 On many occasions, officials in the Turkish occupation state acknowledged the existence of meetings with the Damascus government.  The press close to the Turkish authorities also regularly leaks news about security meetings between Damascus and Ankara.

 And Lina Barakat continued, "We must resist these plans because if there is a rift in Syria, it will extend to many areas in the Middle East, and no one will escape from it."

 In a related context, she noted the attacks of the Turkish occupation state on northern and eastern Syria, saying: "The region, especially northern Syria, has been witnessing attacks on the border areas by the Turkish occupation for a while, as its attacks have increased in the recent period.  On Kobani, which was known for its resistance to ISIS and other terrorist organizations.

 She drew attention to the seriousness of these attacks on northern and eastern Syria and Syria in general, noting: "These attacks threaten civil peace in the region, in addition to prolonging the life of the Syrian crisis. Turkey, since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, has played a negative role in it, as it launched numerous attacks to occupy  some areas are amid international silence."

 She confirmed that the Turkish attacks target the Autonomous Administration: "What Turkey is doing is due to its non-acceptance of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and its democratic project in the region," adding: "It is not in the interest of the Turkish state for peace to prevail in the region, as it is justifying the existence of danger in the region on its national security to launch its attacks.  She indicated that Turkey's policies threaten the lives of Syrians.

 'The women's revolution is at risk'

 Barakat confirmed that the continued attacks of the Turkish occupation state on the region endanger the Syrian people, especially women, and added: "The number of violations and attacks in the occupied areas, and its crimes against the Syrian people, especially women, are innumerable, and therefore the people, organizations and women's revolution in the region are at risk."

 She pointed out that these attacks support the "terrorist organizations" on the one hand, and the Ottoman tendency and Erdogan's attempts to revive it again, not only in Syria, but also extend to Iraq and other countries beyond its borders with Turkey.

 According to the terms of the Milli Charter, which came after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s orders to convene the Ottoman parliament, known as the “Council of Envoys,” in January 1920, the assembly convened that ended with the announcement of the Milli Charter on the 28th of the same month, and it was  the document demarcating the new borders of the Ottoman state, the charter includes all of present-day Turkey and all of northern Syria from Alexandretta, Idlib and Aleppo all the way to the Euphrates River and Deir ez-Zor and then to Iraq, southern and Kurdistan.

 'War crime and social and cultural genocide'

 The General Coordinator of the Syrian Women's Council, Lina Barakat, noted the construction of settlements by the Turkish occupation in the areas it occupies in Syria.

 Regarding what is required of human rights and international organizations regarding the expanding attacks of the Turkish occupation on north and east Syria and its violations and crimes in the areas it occupies in Syria, Barakat stressed: “All organizations must play their role in helping the Syrian people who can no longer tolerate the crisis and stop these crimes.  It needs to move the wheel of a political solution more and start the negotiation process in order for there to be a quick solution to the country’s crisis.”

 On May 14, the Human Rights Organization Afrin - Syria reported that the authorities of the Turkish occupation state deported the first batch of Syrian refugees to Syria, which included about 100 people from the Girê Spi / Tal Abyad gate in northern and eastern Syria, to implement the settlement operations that  Erdogan announced.

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 ANHA