Regional Challenges and Syrian Solutions: Between Turkish Influence and Opportunities for Internal Understanding
Turkey has been striving to achieve significant strategic gains in Syria by preparing to participate in the country’s reconstruction and securing major contracts. It has leveraged its influence through loyal factions such as the Sultan Murad Division, Al-Hamzat, Al-Amshat, and the Turkmen Front, which were restructured under the banner of the Syrian National Army (SNA). These groups have served as Turkey’s arm in Syria, much like Hezbollah has acted as Iran’s arm in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. However, swift U.S. and Western intervention in Syria, along with the extension of the Caesar Act for an additional five years, dealt a significant blow to this strategy. Turkey, having invested in extremist factions under the guise of the SNA, now faces major economic challenges due to these sanctions, especially as it continues to support these groups in its efforts to weaken the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the only force directly opposing the SNA due to Turkish interests.
Meanwhile, the relationship between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the SNA has become strained and ambiguous, particularly after HTS announced its separation from al-Qaeda and attempted to present itself as an independent local force aiming to assert its influence away from external agendas. This shift opens new possibilities in the Syrian landscape, particularly with discussions of potential communication channels between HTS and the SDF. If such communication materializes, it could mark a significant turning point in the conflict by undermining Turkish influence in Syria and giving both parties the opportunity to work on common understandings that serve Syria’s national interest. However, this step requires substantial concessions from both sides to achieve genuine rapprochement that blocks external interference and redirects the conflict toward more sustainable internal solutions.
Turkey, which exports its Kurdish issue to Syria, faces a substantial internal challenge with an estimated thirty to forty million Kurds within its borders, posing a chronic national dilemma. Instead of escalating the conflict in Syria, Ankara should focus on finding political and peaceful solutions to this problem domestically. Its attempts to transfer this crisis to the Syrian arena only exacerbate the situation and generate further hostility between Turkey and Syrian actors. The Syrian conflict is inherently complex and intertwined, but it necessarily requires Syrian-Syrian understandings free from regional and international interests. Dialogue between the various Syrian parties, including the SDF and HTS, could be a starting point for rebuilding the Syrian state on new foundations that reinforce independence and sovereignty while reducing foreign interventions that have complicated the crisis over the past years.
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Regional Challenges and Syrian Solutions: Between Turkish Influence and Opportunities for Internal Understanding
Turkey has been striving to achieve significant strategic gains in Syria by preparing to participate in the country’s reconstruction and securing major contracts. It has leveraged its influence through loyal factions such as the Sultan Murad Division, Al-Hamzat, Al-Amshat, and the Turkmen Front, which were restructured under the banner of the Syrian National Army (SNA). These groups have served as Turkey’s arm in Syria, much like Hezbollah has acted as Iran’s arm in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. However, swift U.S. and Western intervention in Syria, along with the extension of the Caesar Act for an additional five years, dealt a significant blow to this strategy. Turkey, having invested in extremist factions under the guise of the SNA, now faces major economic challenges due to these sanctions, especially as it continues to support these groups in its efforts to weaken the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the only force directly opposing the SNA due to Turkish interests.
Meanwhile, the relationship between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the SNA has become strained and ambiguous, particularly after HTS announced its separation from al-Qaeda and attempted to present itself as an independent local force aiming to assert its influence away from external agendas. This shift opens new possibilities in the Syrian landscape, particularly with discussions of potential communication channels between HTS and the SDF. If such communication materializes, it could mark a significant turning point in the conflict by undermining Turkish influence in Syria and giving both parties the opportunity to work on common understandings that serve Syria’s national interest. However, this step requires substantial concessions from both sides to achieve genuine rapprochement that blocks external interference and redirects the conflict toward more sustainable internal solutions.
Turkey, which exports its Kurdish issue to Syria, faces a substantial internal challenge with an estimated thirty to forty million Kurds within its borders, posing a chronic national dilemma. Instead of escalating the conflict in Syria, Ankara should focus on finding political and peaceful solutions to this problem domestically. Its attempts to transfer this crisis to the Syrian arena only exacerbate the situation and generate further hostility between Turkey and Syrian actors. The Syrian conflict is inherently complex and intertwined, but it necessarily requires Syrian-Syrian understandings free from regional and international interests. Dialogue between the various Syrian parties, including the SDF and HTS, could be a starting point for rebuilding the Syrian state on new foundations that reinforce independence and sovereignty while reducing foreign interventions that have complicated the crisis over the past years.
A spectacular new cable car in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps takes riders up to the mountaintop revolving restaurant made famous in the James Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” 👉 https://tinyurl.com/34hzv8nx
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