Following the overthrow of the Baath government in Syria, Türkiye is somehow at the center of the new emerging structure. But exactly how? What are the new positive and negative possibilities opening up before Türkiye? We asked Yakup Aslan, the Ankara representative of China Global Television Network, who closely monitors the region, about the new situation and prospects for Türkiye. ...
I travelled several times to the Arab Republic of Syria during the war. To check out Western propaganda that Syria was a sectarian dictatorship, I used to ask people, both in political meetings as well as on the streets, to which religious group they belonged. The answer was always astonishing: ‘I refuse to answer this question. I am an Arab’, ...
Last week in Türkiye, as in the rest of the world, the spotlight was on Syria. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and sought refuge in Russia following the fall of Aleppo and Damascus with the offensive launched on November 27 by groups led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The Syrian Arab Republic’s army surrendered without resisting the ...
Recently, the Pentagon has announced that US military presence in Syria was not consisting of 900 soldiers, as they have repeatedly declared, but of 2000 soldiers. These forces are stationed in the East of the Euphrates, together and actually safeguarding, forces of the PKK and the Syrian Democratic Forces. We spoke with Dr. Fahri Erenel, retired general of the Turkish ...
UWI author political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest to Russia Today France. Güzaltan answered the question on the recent developments in Syria. Mr. Güzaltan, good evening. Currently, there are numerous forces present in Syria. I would like to begin directly by discussing their relations with Türkiye. According to the Washington Post, the conflict between Turkish forces and the Kurds ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt The fall of the Assad family regime was inevitable, and perhaps the most eloquent thing that was said about it by the Syrians is that the roots of the regime collapsed a long time ago due to tyranny, sectarianism, corruption, and betting on others to protect and continue the regime, and displacing its people ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political scientist The Golan Heights, occupied by Israel in Syria, is a critical region located between the Yarmouk River and the Sea of Galilee, about 60 kilometers from Damascus. The region was the decisive battleground in the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Arab states and Israel. In these wars, the Arab states, ...
The President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar al-Assad made a first declaration after the conquest of Damascus and his moving to Moscow, Russia. The statement was published on his official telegram channel in English. UWI documents below the statement as published. Moscow – 16 December 2024 As terrorism spread across Syria and ultimately reached Damascus on the evening of ...
Concurrent with HTS’s takeover of Damascus and the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel began to expand its occupation into Syria from the Golan Heights, moving Deeper into the country. Simultaneously, PKK/YPG is also expanding its area of control, moving closer to Israel. Israel and PKK/YPG’s moves taken together highlights the “Second Israel”, namely the establishment of a “Kurdish state” with ...
On the actual situation in Syria, we interviewed Ismail Hakkı Pekin. Pekin is a qualified expert on the matter for various reasons. During his active service in the Turkish Armed Forces, he finished service as lieutenant-general and head of military intelligence of the General Staff, he was responsible to conduct the so-called Adana Agreement. Within it, the Turkish and Syrian ...
By Islam Farag, Caro / Egypt In ancient history, the Levant was an important strategic location that empires fought over for thousands of years. None of them was able to decide influence by the standards of those times without imposing its control over it. In the modern era, after the division of that region into several countries, Syria became the ...
I must confess that in my 44 years of involvement in international relations, I have never encountered a problem as complex to study and understand as the one linked to the recent events in Syria. I have consulted my usual sources in the region, and like never before, have I received different and even contradictory opinions among people who generally ...