​​​​​​​Ahmed Al-Araj: Turkey takes advantage of US pressure on Iran to gain external gains

The Secretary-General of the Syrian National Democratic Alliance Party, Ahmed al-Araj, assessed the developments in the region following the Tehran summit on July 19 between Russia, Iran and Turkey.

Al-Araj also referred to the ongoing plans of the Turkish occupation state with the aim of eliminating the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

In interview with ANHA Al-Araj said that "The purpose of the last meeting between Putin and Erdogan was to curb Turkish threats against northern Syria, especially Manbij and Tal Rifaat. Tehran is primarily concerned with this region, considering the forces of The Damascus government is present, from the Kobani border towards Aleppo and northern Aleppo.

Al-Araj highlighted to the Russian-Ukrainian war detachments, by saying “According to our reading of the meeting, Iran has prevented any Turkish progress in the region, in return the Turkish provocations in the last stage were aimed at taking advantage of the cards in its.

Al-Araj referred to the statements of the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, about providing political support to Damascus, and evaluated them by saying: "The recent statements by Ankara are advanced statements. These statements were not previously made by Turkish officials to agree politically with the Damascus government, but rather to eliminate SDF. These statements are only media and a reflection of the hardening of the Iranian position in northern Syria".

Cavusoglu said, on July 27, during a televised interview on a Turkish channel, that his country will provide all kinds of political support to the Damascus government to confront the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). 'What Turkey says in the media does not correspond to what it does on the ground!!"

The Secretary-General of the Syrian National Democratic Alliance Party, Ahmed al-Araj, called on the Syrians, especially in northern Syria, to be wary of Turkish plans and realize that they would "take advantage of any opportunity to occupy more Syrian lands."

He explained that "the opportunity is currently not favorable (for Turkey), on the other hand, the Autonomous Administration had flexibility in dealing with the countries in the arena, especially in the north, and this flexibility was for the first time in coordination with the forces of the Damascus government because of their deployment in Manbij and the entire northern line, in addition to joint maneuvers between The Syrian Democratic Forces and the forces of the Damascus government, all of these messages on the ground indicate the existence of military agreements between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the forces of the Damascus govt. Ahmed al-Araj, concluded his speech by saying, “ We see that Turkey is trying to fill any void resulting from pressure on Iran. The last focus of the Western countries in the region is the mobilization of the Arab countries and the creation of coordination between the Arab countries, Israel and the countries of the region against Iran, and Turkey is taking advantage of this mobilization to fill the vacuum.

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