Spheres of influence in Syria
The Duran Podcast
The Duran
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🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Spheres of influence in Syria
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Alexander, let's talk about the situation in Syria. |
| 0:04.0 | We have Israel in Syria, we have the United States in Syria, we have Turkey in Syria, |
| 0:11.0 | and we have the Kurds. |
| 0:15.0 | And the Kurds are going to be a problem for these three countries, |
| 0:21.3 | which have, for the moment, agreed amongst themselves |
| 0:25.7 | to divide Syria up because the Kurds are a part, a faction of Syria |
| 0:35.7 | that Erdogan has been wanting to get rid of now for so many years. |
| 0:42.3 | And this is his opportunity. |
| 0:44.4 | The Kurds, though, are backed by the United States. |
| 0:48.4 | And the United States so far signaling that they're going to continue to back the Kurds. |
| 0:53.3 | I don't know. I'm not so sure how long that commitment's going to hold for. |
| 0:58.0 | And it also looks like the relationship between Israel and Turkey is also starting to strain. |
| 1:06.0 | So what is your thoughts on what is happening in Syria? |
| 1:09.0 | Meanwhile, Al Jalani is pretending to be the president, |
| 1:14.4 | the leader of Syria. He's meeting people in a suit in Thai now. And he actually hosted the Turkish |
| 1:22.1 | foreign minister a couple of days ago, which I think tells you everything you need to know about who's really |
| 1:29.0 | running the show with Al Jolani. Absolutely. In fact, he's made announcements, or rather his government, |
| 1:35.0 | the so-called government that he leads, has made all sorts of announcements about how the |
| 1:38.9 | Turkey's being invited to set up military academies in Aleppo and Homs. |
| 1:44.8 | They're going to try and create a strategic partnership with Turkey. |
| 1:51.6 | I mean, what we're basically seeing in Syria is a Turkish takeover. |
| 1:57.5 | In fact, Erdogan even made an extraordinary speech, and it was so extraordinary that |
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