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ah, the president of turkey and syria bow to meet russia. play of amazon has been a vocal critical marcella said but now it appears a reconciliation is underway. so what's behind this development and what does it mean for conflicts in syria and the region? this is insights for it. ah hello welcome to the program. i am hasha alberta, serious opposition says it's unthinkable to consider future which dokey it's biggest supporter makes peace with the syrian regime. it's biggest enemy, while there is now a possibility of talks between uncover and damascus, brokered by russia and the syrian opposition isn't staying quiet. ah, political and military groups,

as well as thousands of civilians have held major rallies in airy as behold in western syria in italy protest. there's also voice that opposition to any or push bond between the 2 nations chanting songs. now, decades old, the court for the overthrow of president by shadow as as government. that government is accused of getting hundreds of thousands of people. after years of civil war, it controls about 2 thirds of the country. are your major bother the decision today and had lives clear to day in the liberated area? there more than 20 demonstration points to tell you that there is no reconciliation with this regime. there? no negotiations with the surgeon. that is not the solution and city or other than over throwing the surgeon. no, no hell, no, he went out to overthrow this criminal gang. the drug gang that has carpeted every one you live corrupted society and they're going to destroy the world. would the cap, douglas, vice and define this band of criminal age and us germany,

defense ministers from turkey, syria and russia, back in moscow last month to discuss ways to and the war in syria that talked about the possibility of returning rapid years and how to work together to combat armed groups, the discussions follow repeated warnings from uncover. they could launch a ground operation more than syria and action. russia opposers uncovered blame scottish fighters across the border from bombing in istanbul in november that killed 6 people and injured dozens. took his president, pay about the land says he may meet syrian president. i shall asset russia to get studio loc as russia to kia and syria. our intelligence officials and defense ministers met in moscow and we have launched a process there. we will bring our foreign ministers together. and then depending on developments, we will come together as leaders are,

ah, let's bring in our guests. yeah, here a lot of the is a syrian opposition member and a specialist in serial affairs. he joins us by sky from paris. web based san is assistant professor of history at ben halton university. he joins us by skype from it's on board and joining us from he ain't no haste. peter pollack springer is an associate professor of the european university of i'd rena, welcome to the program. yet here, why is the syrian opposition concerned about this refreshment? but when there are between turkey and syria, is it the fact that the realised now that that dreams of a severe, without a shadow as that could be shattered? wildly things 1st hush him to you and to neuro. yes, i would like to see the position on cillian general

thir 30 you look for the 1st of all use durham's historical terms concern once otherwise you know, on saw and certainly leave. those are for a shoot then unbelievable should i say the position of turkey for several uses. i could. ready specified and this is some sort of disappointment, especially with the situation of the gene in such tactics, few way shouldn't economically socially internationally, politically and morally. there recently the gene is, is labeled now as the kink. ready the cut, they're gone. all these things just happening and with somebody who's the closest

history of people. that's okay. yeah. so yeah, i was believe or thought it was now extending a hand to do what he called today, a criminal one who is his own people. so this is really, that's surprising and we understand really why this shift is taking place. all right, if you want me to specify those reasons for why the search regime or the or the gun group is making this shift again, especially if i them very quickly in terms of elections the groups brush. we'll, we'll talk about those details later. bobby, you've heard what he has just said. it's

a feeling of disappointment among the syrian opposition. and the syrian rebels about this new overture from the turks to was the assyrian government. is this, is this dictated by tactical reasons, or is it a genuine, ju, strategic shift by the turkish government? the need to turn a chapter start a fresh, new one with bizarre alice at ah, well 1st fall i think we should begin with that the negotiations or rather are officially not confirmed. reports were suggests in the last couple of years, turkish officials were at the highest possible level were meeting with syrian once . so the meeting of moscow, or turkey, or for us in turkey, was not really a big surprise. and it was moralist expected. when you look at the discussions

and criticisms of the announcement of rep richmond officially by held on. so i mean, in turkey, the mood was that for many, it was like long expected because the conflict wouldn't be sold by itself and someone should start sitting around the table. and also i remember mister dawn in his turkish speech, we're saying we're not abandoning syrian a position as such. but rather, we are extended a hand to find a solution for a really, but a what the crisis a more than a decade or lasting. and turkey, of course, has very serious security concerns. so far as the armed our people let's say, over 50000. we don't know the exact numbers, but we're arm and financed and trained by the us in the protects of are

fighting against isis will take. took it, takes it very seriously. ok, peter, we would like here to break down those security concerns, voiced by a turkey turkey, is it the presence of the y p g, which they consider to be an affiliate of the p k. k. as the biggest motive for the turkish government to say now, would rather have deal with my salad. i said, than seeing the white b g, gaining more ground in some parts of syria. well, definitely the white be a major concern and but it's a part of a list of interest that verizon has with regards to add, this moved to reconcile and certainly

if he can get the support of cooperation from the mascot. his, you know, on the one hand, and he can negotiate on, on how we can cooperate with the masters on the issue of the syrian problem. and damascus can benefit by making them dependent on, on, on son. and that's one only, there are many other factors. okay, yeah, what would be your next move? i'm talking about the city and opposition in general, if turkey decides it's about time to build strong relations with bessalo as a, what would you do? well, this is a very difficult question. now i shouldn't be just address to because

once raced by your guess is, for instance, extending the hand to bush who has been labored. they can go cut, they're gone. and his own people by, by those what, extending the hand to him, a solution for their so young crisis for all these years. i think there are reasons behind this move basically the elections and the, the issue or is if you asked the other, just thinking that the regime that's planted, a nurture vacated all these all these years to be the one who is going to get that ticket gate at the terror away

from the suction board us. another reason i think the idea is that there is a vacuum in the radio fi in the same file in the sense that they can move the stagnant water in this file and remind the states it's being doing good and nothing to work. that because you got a mass are in this area and the world, another thing that mobilized or move the turkey actually is the objection to the military operation which was planned. ready i think i've gone through this objection could be sort of in this way and i think this is a huge and you cannot solve problems. bye bye bye hands to that cause. ready or through the one who created these problems and

expelling, or they'll just use a routing millions or billions, not on the inside story of your key. you have about the 4000000 citizens and when their voice is heard yesterday and there a week ago, and it's going to continue. i think this is a reminder, not only to turkey, but to the world that they have abandoned a very good crisis. a horrible crisis taking place for 12 years. i think this is a reminder of the world. if the guy feels that he can fill up the vacuum in this way by extending a hand under ok. why be you said earlier, we are yet to wait for this rubbish mot. but you remember the moscow meeting body have for the 1st time, the highest level of official contact between the 2 countries, syria and turkey,

defense ministers, along with senior intelligence officers. coupled with the issue of refugees, syrian refugees in turkey and the security situation. do you think that for turkey this is about the time to which shape it's relationship with syrian government, whether by subtle as an in particular ready for him. so they deep up, your strategic circumstances are definitely not same as, let's say a decade ago when turkey made these of decisions on turkey and turkish, people firmly believed and stood behind on the on, in support of syrian or position. let's remember that and took who opened a had this open door policy for our syrian, our innocent people running for their lives. men, woman children, as our gust ya,

her quite right. to said that the number reach to 3 to 4 medium, but actually just single it out refugee, she is probably wouldn't be a good answer to why turkey turkey is reproach on this. remember turkey did that are with saudi arabia, with united arab emirates, you know, kind of getting relations better and nodded. i know a person that there are a strong will to cold feeling to get relations better with egypt. and of course, syria was always on the line and it won't in turkey, is that this reproach month despite attracting a lot of criticism or will be attractive more could be a good sign and a good thing in order to find a peaceful solution or a viable exit strategy to the conflict that calls so many lives and millions displaced within syria and, and,

and came refugees outside syria. all right, peter, do you think that russia is going to be a key component of whatever happens in the future in between turkey and syria? yes. and certainly was the initiative over the gun to ask russia to mediate perhaps russia was behind this already behind the making of this fine or partial model. russia definitely wants to be a p player and maintain its influence in the syrian region, but to act as a, as a mediator here given that we can position more on the ukraine. and the

certainly here puts, you know, once better ties to strengthen his high school or do gotten in this, this is already ongoing since last year there was a meeting in sot she in russia between or put in on economic issues. and this is a kind of a continuation her needs to really here to you know, to, you know, be the power broker, the mediators to help them and persuade less sense. okay. this reconciliation. yeah. now you've been talking about your concerns about this rather small between turkey. and syria, but i would like to ask you about the fact that 12 years ago with the uprising,

the opposition was gaining ground. it was controlling a huge areas of syria. then it was beset by different sorts of factors, divisions, what you described as betrayal of regional powers to the point way. now your presence is just confined to a small part of the country. and when you see this breath that in turkish cillian relations, could it be the moment for you to reconsider things like, for example, starting talks with a shuttle asset? well, things are not. i'm not that old. you're graphy. in this case, it is a matter of the dictatorship, getting its own people. it's not a matter of a position. and d, as the cases in turkey know, the situation is different. what people rose originally in 2011 and other to

throw dictatorship oppression. suppression killing, jailing. disgracing. that's basically the reason and people were turkey was their goal for, for just getting shut up. they do appreciate what 30 has all these years when nobody was the tech, it was there. and this is highly appreciated, and that's the source of the surprise citizens. what do you, what do you hear? the voices of those people that were seated the been states in been hundreds of thousands in northern city. yes, you are reminded of 2011 when you rose against the machine. now they don't want

this reconciliation. they just are very sorry for those that was so close to them. ok to come to this point when that is in its weakest position. and to extend the hand to rescue them most and protein always. 4 i mean, the us who is trying to push for this is in crisis due to, to what is happening in the ukraine. and he wants to say to the world since message to the world that he is in control of. so yeah, of things that way he likes english 32. okay. what, well, what is unacceptable. this is a more like a lapse. aright and we and we hope and aspire for turkey to her to wake up earlier. all right, then this brings me to ask very about the abbey. you do understand this feeling among the syrian people that they could be betrayed by turkey,

which has always been saying that it will support the, the theory and people. now when you look at the reset, you've been talking about with which a reset of turkish relations with which in a play as the united arab emirates, saudi arabia. now talking, it talks about a meeting between us up a button and bushel as that. all these elements, when, if you bring them together, if you stitch them together, could be, could you think that could be conducive to a permanent solution to the crisis in syria to the political problem and see where i personally very much i hope so. and the i will be delighted to see because i'm in as, as, as an academic, i have a 100 so 1st serious suited as a students. and i really enjoyed being with them and myself in the past travelling a couple of years a couple of times a year. so i didn't consider myself like on a resume so that much i are, you know, i appreciate being with them. and certainly,

i mean old people in turkey a desire to have a permanent solution to the conflict in syria and it should start from somewhere. and i really sympathize with the i as well. i mean, we don't deny that, but it is not all the target us. remember since last november 2021 the u. e. a minister of foreign affairs in hade another visit to damascus in december just a months ago. so it is, seems that, you know, the kind of a move in the middle east in the arab world is to get back re establish relations and find a solution to that conflict. because it is that the longer it is becomes more chronical and, and hopefully this will be a good step forward. all right, peter, we talk about syrian turkish roulette relations as if this is going to ultimately boy down to the 2 key players. and as of they have adult on and bustle of us have

come together and set aside those differences. but when you look at the modalities of whatever agreement will happen in the future, but ticket when it comes to the y p g, do you think that it's going to be easy for the syrian government to deploy forces in the northeastern part of the country along the border with turkey without the americans, the french think, wait a 2nd. we've been here providing significant assistance to the white b, g. and you cannot just come now and change the political map on the ground. i think this is a really an agreement that was made by russia from the beginning and russia wants to create stability in the region. i was to be making it less and i will, you know, certainly there's going to be a response from,

from iran. ok. but, but, but it's going to be really, the key player here is going to be russia, which is going to for which are too bad news in this case are very, you know, in order to make this request and this month is really for the benefits are gone on for his dad to resolve his order security problems and also to resolve his problems and refugees. ok. terminal running out of time, i really appreciate your insights, your hail adi the that'd be based on peter product spring and thank you. thank you very much. and thank you to for watching, you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. i'll just the dot

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