​​​​​​​Possible reconciliation between Damascus, Turkish occupation.. Russian efforts shocked by thorny files

 The Turkish occupation officials have worked during the last period to promote the possibility of reconciliation with the Damascus government, in conjunction with the increasing level of understanding with both Russia and Iran.

 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish occupation, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on August 11, 2022, "Turkey supports political reconciliation between (the Syrian opposition) and the Assad regime," and indicated that he had conducted it in October 2021, when he attended a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in  The Serbian capital Belgrade, a quick conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Damascus government, Faisal Miqdad.

 Prior to that, the President of the Turkish occupation, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated, upon his return from a meeting in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 6, that the intelligence services of Ankara and Damascus were communicating regarding “terrorist organizations.”

 On his return from a visit to Ukraine on August 19, Erdogan made another statement in which he said that Turkey was ready to take contacts with the Damascus government to a higher level;  That is, to a political level.

 This is not the first time that the two sides have held talks, as the head of National Security in Damascus, Major General Ali Mamlouk, and the head of Turkish intelligence, Hakan Fidan, held a meeting in early 2020 in the Russian capital, Moscow, and the first announced meeting since 2011.

 The motives of both Damascus and Ankara

 The head of Kurds Without Borders, Kadar Beri, spoke about the motives behind these talks, saying: "For the Syrian regime, any rapprochement with any party in the world is a great gain."

 As for Turkey, according to Beri, there is the political and economic situation, saying: "Turkish parties' exploitation of the issue of Syrian refugees in the upcoming elections, and the vision of these parties based on ending the Syrian file and the withdrawal of the Turkish army from Syria and the losses it incurs."

 He added, "This is related to the same economic aspect, as there are high costs for the issue of Syrian refugees or the issue of the Turkish army and its expenditure in Syria, knowing that the truth of the matter is not the case, especially with regard to the issue of refugees, where Turkey is making a living on their back and stealing everything that can be obtained from Syria, especially the issue of refugees."  Aid provided by the European Union and the United Nations to refugees.

Regarding the external motives for these talks, Beri sees it as “a double message to all parties after Turkey failed to obtain any approval to occupy more Syrian lands.  It is clear to the Russian side and the Iranians, as it complements all the previous agreements that took place between the two parties in Sochi and Astana, and recently the tripartite meeting in Tehran.”

 Turkish tactic

 The Turkish position has begun to change since the Russian intervention in Syria, the launch of the Astana process, and the escalation of differences with the United States over the Syrian file, but this increased after the recent meetings held by Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the presidents of Russia and Iran, where he tried to take support for launching new attacks on the north and east  Syria.

 On Turkey’s goals from these talks, he said: “It is a new Turkish tactic to eliminate the Syrian people’s dream of freedom, dignity and democracy. Turkey, after all its previous policies of occupying more Syrian lands, resorted to other methods and directly intervened and occupied Afrin, Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad.  It wanted to divide northern and eastern Syria, recently it did not get any green light to occupy more lands, so it resorts to other methods in order to achieve its goals and demands and destroy this component, whether we talk about the Kurds in particular or the Syrian people in general and to eliminate this emerging democratic component  in this area."

He said, "The Turk is good at buying and selling and is very capable of selling these mercenaries as well. He is skilled in fickleness like an acrobat, changing 180 degrees from the far right to the far north, and all for the interests of his leaders and the ruling mafia and also within the context of the policies of the Turkish state as a whole and the phobia that they have  For the Kurdish people to have their rights, this is considered the beginning of the end of the Turkish state in the region.”

 Despite the Russian efforts, thorny files and many obstacles

 This week, French media revealed the results of the talks between the two parties and said: "In order to play the role of mediator between Turkey and Syria, Russia sponsored a new meeting between the intelligence chiefs of the two countries, who have been at odds since 2011. The results were not convincing, but the meeting  at least he allowed Ankara and Damascus to do that."

 For the first time, the Damascus government has opened what it calls a settlement center in Idlib, specifically in the city of Khan Sheikhoun, for those wanted by its security services, and this raises questions about the link between this and indicators of rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus in recent times.

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Despite these endeavors, there are many obstacles in front of it, as Damascus and behind it Russia seek to exploit the crises that the Justice and Development Party suffers from and push it to make concessions regarding the Turkish presence in the Syrian territories, especially Idlib, and for Turkey to support the Damascus government politically and economically, and this is what  it has been rejected by the United States of America and the West so far.

 On the possibility of these talks reaching results, Beri said: "The files between the two parties are very thorny, but as I mentioned Erdogan is skilled in buying and selling, he has the ability to change dramatically, so he will overcome many obstacles that are in front of him because he is the main party and partner with the regime in destroying Syria, but there is regional and international interference that will be an obstacle to the Turkish state.”

 He added, "The Russian wants to please the Turk in the Syrian files. He does not care about the interests of the Syrian people, whether Kurds or Arabs, so he wants to keep him away from NATO and for Turkey to have a role in the issue of easing the sanctions imposed on Russia. Turkey will be the gateway and it is skilled in this matter. We found that in  the Iraqi and Iranian files on this issue take several aspects. There are the Europeans and America. America realizes that evacuating the arena in favor of the Russians with the presence of the Ukrainian war will be considered a victory for the Russians.  Administration".

 The rapprochement is harmful to all Syrians

 The head of the Kurdish Without Borders Organization sent a message to the Damascus government, saying: "Turkey cannot bet on any agreement with it. Turkey cannot abide by its positions because it is volatile according to its interests and whims, which are always criminal and only thinks about genocidal operations, whether organized killings, massacres, or genocidal operations."  In the culture and language of all the peoples of the region, the Turk has a clear history that is not entrusted to him. This is how the Europeans understood it, even within NATO. They understood it in this way and on this basis it is dealt with. Many proverbs were presented about the Turk, his dishonesty and his lack of credibility, and this is a point in which the regime must have a vision.

 He added, "This should be a point for the regime to review itself and change its direction towards the correct form, which is negotiation and dialogue with the Autonomous Administration, where the dialogue is Syrian-Syrian, with everything the regime has done previously, but it remains better than the Turkish and the non-Turkish who do not want good for Syria".

 Beri concluded his speech by saying: "This rapprochement, whatever its form, between the criminals ruling in Damascus and the ruler in Ankara, is harmful and bad for all the Syrian people, whether those who bet on the Turks or those who bet on the regime. This rapprochement means a return to before the year 2011 or so they are."  They aspire, and this is a particular possibility.”

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