All right, Alexander, let's do an update on what is going on in Syria.

We had a U.S. brokered ceasefire between Israel and Al-Jolani.

And it looks like that ceasefire held for maybe 12 hours at most.

And we got more Israeli bombing into Syria, into Damascus, where the city,

Israel once again claims that they're protecting the Druze community. And Al Jolani, he is,

in my opinion, he's just doing as he's being told by Erdogan. Interesting, complicated situation is unfolding between

Turkey and Israel as far as maybe getting an understanding as to who's going to take what

parts of Syria. At least that's how I see it.

And of course, the cover story in all of this is Al Jalandi and the Druze community.

I don't know.

How are you seeing this?

Well, you see, this is what's so complicated about this, because the underlying reality is what exactly what you said, that there is a carve-up of Syria taking place.

We've discussed this the moment that Assad fled, that this is what would happen,

that Turkey would establish its own zone of influence in Syria.

Israel would try and establish its own zone of influence in Syria.

Each side would have its local allies and proxies.

The Turkish government, Erdogan, are working through Al Jalani and they're trying to base their

support on the, their influence, their local allies are going to be the Sunnis and the, you

know, the Sunni, the hardline Sunnis and the jihadi fighters that Erdogan has been backing

for the last 10, well, almost 15 years actually in Syria.

The Israelis have suddenly discovered a huge admiration and recognition of the plight of the Druze people.

Before long, they'll be saying the same thing about the Kurds, if it suits them.

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