Middle East expert Yoni Ben Menachem warned today (Tuesday) in an interview with Channel 14 anchor Tal Meir that “Erdoğan’s master plan is to eventually bring Syria into the military alliance he established with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Trump is making a huge mistake when he legitimizes the vermin al-Julani, a jihadist terrorist.”
1+According to Ben Menachem, “We must not be impressed by his sweet talk and the suit that replaced his jihad clothing. Israeli intelligence knows his true intentions: to rehabilitate Syria, build a strong army with Turkish assistance, and later join the jihad against Israel.” Despite Israeli concerns, Syria officially confirmed yesterday that Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and senior Syrian intelligence officials met with senior Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan, with American mediation, “as part of efforts to calm tensions between the sides and strengthen stability in Syria and the region.”
1+The meeting reportedly focused on practical steps to calm tensions and examining the possibility of returning to negotiations. Syria emphasized that “any security arrangement must respect its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and sovereign rights.” Meanwhile, the United States decided to remove Syria’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”—after 47 years in which Damascus carried one of the most severe American classifications. This brings to an end a chapter that began under Hafez Assad and continued throughout his son Bashar Assad’s rule.
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