Syrian opponent confirms normalization between Turkey, Damascus may reach dead end

​​​​​​​The Syrian opponent, Mohammad Issa, ruled out the possibility of reaching normalization between the Damascus government and the Turkish occupation state, with the former lacking confidence in the occupied Turkish state and considering the neo-Ottoman project one of the most dangerous projects on Arab issues.

Syrian opponent confirms normalization between Turkey, Damascus may reach dead end
20 June, 2023   22:01
QAMISHLO, MUSTAFA ALO

The government of Damascus, Russia, Iran and the Turkish occupation state will meet on June 20 and 21 in the Kazakh city of Astana, at the level of deputy foreign ministers, to discuss the path of normalization led by Russia between the government of Damascus and the Turkish occupation state.

The meeting comes after Syria was returned to the Arab League on May 7, and after parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey on May 14, and a second round of presidential elections on May 28, in which Erdogan narrowly outperformed his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

The Turkish occupation state preempted this meeting with massive air and ground attacks on North and East Syria, which caused the death of about 9 soldiers affiliated with the Damascus government and the death of military and civilian citizens in North and East Syria.

On the impact of this escalation, the four countries are heading to hold a new meeting within a path that greatly contributed to the deepening of the Syrian crisis and the encroachment of its lands on the Turkish occupation state.

A complex climate between the Turkish occupation state and the Damascus government

Syrian opponent Mohammad Issa does not expect the quartet meeting to bring anything new, and he said: "I am not inclined to say that serious opportunities await normalization attempts between Erdogan's regime and the Syrian authorities."

He based his expectation on a number of reasons, saying: "The involvement of Turkish politics in creating the Syrian crisis, at the root of the crisis and in the Islamization, sectarianization and then militarization of the Syrian movement, in implementation of Islamic Brotherhood agendas. It also created deep wounds in the Syrian collective conscience, especially among the popular base of the Syrian regime."

Zero confidence

The Syrian opponent also reminded the lack of confidence of the Damascus government in the fascist Turkish state, and continued: "Due to the lack of conviction among the ruling team in Damascus in the sincerity of Turkish intentions, especially among the head of the regime, whose mouthpiece repeatedly repeats (I do not trust this man) meaning Erdogan. The opposite of his speech (Bashar Al-Assad) at the Jeddah Arab Summit. The depth of the gap between the two positions is when (Bashar Al-Assad) said in one letter... that the Turkish-Ottoman danger exceeds the Zionist danger on Arab issues.

In addition to the American rejection of normalization between the Turkish occupation state and the Damascus government, Issa believes that: "The same climate prevailing between the two countries is complicated in the face of such settlements."

The role of the Arab League in confronting Turkish colonialism

With regard to the role of the League of Arab States in protecting the member states, Issa stressed that the Arab League can stop the Turkish invasion of Syrian lands and block the way for Russian and Iranian influence.

Despite his assertion that he did not have information regarding the Russian road map for normalization between the Damascus government and the Turkish occupation state, the Syrian opponent, Mohammad Issa, expected that the quartet meeting would discuss issues such as: "collusion with Turkey - Erdogan – to annex some lands from those under the control of the Syrian forces." Democracy, and if that is not available, focus on organizing a campaign of assassinations using drones of prominent cadres in the Syrian Democratic Forces. Second, it may be agreed to tame or launch some settlements for some opponents and some parties with the Damascus authorities. Third, some crossings may be opened to launch commercial exchange Fourth, a breakthrough may be achieved in terms of opening the M4 international road.

'Syria's current model cannot survive'

At the end of his speech to ANHA’s agency, Issa stressed that the four countries are looking for ways out of their crises at the expense of the Syrians, and he believed that the solution to the Syrian crisis requires that "all parties be convinced that Syria the current model cannot live, and that there is an urgent historical necessity for the Syrians to agree on a new constitutional formula." The language of the times agrees and intersects with the interests and perceptions of the broadest groups and components in Syrian society, in a manner consistent with international legitimacy for which UN Resolution 2,254 has defined a framework, and in a way that guarantees the birth of a viable new or second republic based on the rules of democracy, secularism, the rule of law and justice.

T/ Satt.

ANHA