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2/2: #ISRAEL. FOG OF DIPLOMACY, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN, HOUTHIS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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2/2: #ISRAEL. FOG OF DIPLOMACY, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN, HOUTHIS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
1914 PALESTINE?

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I'm John Batchel with my colleague Jonathan Shanzer, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy's

1:04.5

executive director, Syria. The headline promises, but Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security.

1:12.8

This has to do with the overlap of the Israeli and the Turkish military in a wasted and failed land of Syria.

1:24.1

The Golan Heights and Mount Harmon and then looking toward the smokes of Damascus.

1:30.1

The Turks, on the other hand, have indicated they want to take possession of airfields

1:35.4

in and around and north of Damascus.

1:38.6

Damascus is the stronghold of the former terrorist Alhaara, who now declares himself the president,

1:47.0

Russians to the West, Americans to the East, and these two very capable militaries,

1:54.4

Turkey, very large, Israel, very effective. I want to say this is good news, Jonathan, Is it? Well, John, it's an interesting thing here.

2:04.3

You know, obviously the United States has out-lifted sanctions on Syria. As I understand it,

2:12.1

this will be the case for the next 180 days. And, you know, the U.S. continues to test whether this is, in fact, a pragmatic

2:19.3

regime that controls Syria. I certainly have my doubts, given the fact that Ahmed al-Shara,

2:26.3

formerly known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, was an al-Qaeda leader who partnered with ISIS. So we don't

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