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[00:00:14] that some of
[00:00:15] security and stability. This activity
[00:00:17] open. There are also people at
[00:00:20] When negligence and recklessness are tools
[00:00:24] for profit and gain,
[00:00:26] the citizen becomes a victim of this.
[00:00:30] Fraud, and then firmness is required against those
[00:00:33] who toy with people's lives. In Deir ez-Zor,
[00:00:37] dozens of food poisoning cases varied
[00:00:43] they say in Deir ez-Zor, that a man visited the hospital. This from mild to moderate, due to eating food from
[00:00:46] restaurants in the city. The competent
[00:00:50] health authorities, of course, mobilized to deal with
[00:00:53] the injured and rushed to close the suspected
[00:00:57] restaurants and open an investigation into the matter.
[00:01:02] are open. There are The incident raises several questions about the reasons for the recklessness committed
[00:01:06] by some restaurants and their non-compliance with health
[00:01:09] conditions, and it also calls for
[00:01:12] strict oversight and
[00:01:16] if the storm behind me started in deterrent penalties to protect citizens' lives. This is
[00:01:19] what we will discuss in the first part of today's
[00:01:23] episode. As for the second part,
[00:01:26] I welcome my guests in this we will discuss military relations between Syria and Qatar,
[00:01:29] following the visit of Syrian Defense Minister
[00:01:32] Morhaf Abu Qasra to Doha and his meeting with
[00:01:36] the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs,
[00:01:39] Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani,
[00:01:43] to discuss a number of common issues
[00:01:46] and files in Qatar. A new episode
[00:01:49] Let's start by looking at the implications of this of your program "Syria Time." Welcome,
[00:01:51] everyone.
[00:01:56] Defense Minister and his Qatari counterpart at this
[00:02:04] tanks in
[00:02:11] Welcome, dear viewers, to Syria Time. Unfortunately, the number of
[00:02:15] poisoning cases in Deir ez-Zor has risen to more than
[00:02:19] 270 cases. They were admitted to the National
[00:02:22] Hospital and Huweidi Hospital due to eating
[00:02:25] as stated in food from restaurants in the city. The Health Directorate
[00:02:29] in Deir ez-Zor stated that all cases
[00:02:32] were dealt with,
[00:02:34] is experiencing a state of anticipation given the necessary treatments, and most
[00:02:37] of them were discharged, in addition to being given
[00:02:40] medical specifications and recommendations. Some of them are still under
[00:02:44] Huweidi Hospital have been discharged. Now, Huweidi Hospital does treatment and observation. Let's watch the report
[00:02:49] those I saw or those and then return. in the air. Some of them landed More than
[00:02:51] 227 cases of food poisoning in
[00:02:56] on a regular basis, meaning Deir ez-Zor city, and the number is expected to increase
[00:02:59] amidst anticipation, as medical staff continue
[00:03:03] to everyone for free. to provide first aid and treatment to the injured. The cases
[00:03:06] were distributed between Deir ez-Zor National Hospital and Al-Shaheed
[00:03:10] American decision Ahmed Huweidi Hospital,
[00:03:12] regarding the situation according to what was published by the Deir ez-Zor Information Directorate, quoting the Director
[00:03:16] of Health in the governorate. Deir ez-Zor National Hospital received more than
[00:03:18] 90 cases of food
[00:03:22] poisoning, while Al-Shaheed Ahmed Huweidi Hospital
[00:03:25] also received more than 50 children with food poisoning
[00:03:30] Friday, and we ate foul cases, ranging from moderate to severe,
[00:03:32] resulting from eating food at one of the city's
[00:03:36] restaurants, where
[00:03:37] I ate from this type, how did the hospital is mobilizing its staff to follow up
[00:03:40] on cases and provide the necessary medical care
[00:03:44] indeed, there is something, to the injured. The hospital staff also mobilized
[00:03:46] to follow up on cases and provide the necessary medical care
[00:03:49] to the injured. In similar cases,
[00:03:53] Homs Governorate witnessed on October
[00:03:56] 27th a poisoning incident that affected
[00:04:00] three children after they consumed herbal seeds
[00:04:03] of castor beans, according to what
[00:04:06] was announced by the Health Directorate. Karamellouz National Hospital
[00:04:11] and Huweidi Hospital, received the children,
[00:04:13] bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and medical teams provided them with the necessary first aid before
[00:04:16] transferring them in coordination with Al-Birr Society and Social
[00:04:20] Services Hospital by a car belonging
[00:04:23] to the Ambulance and Emergency System of the Homs
[00:04:26] Health Directorate. The children's health condition stabilized
[00:04:30] after they were transferred to
[00:04:34] receive increasing tours of restaurants, the intensive care unit, while the specialized medical staff continues
[00:04:36] to monitor them and follow up
[00:04:40] patrols to restaurants on their health conditions. We delve
[00:04:43] deeper into this situation in Deir ez-Zor. I welcome
[00:04:48] Mr. Samer. This the Syrian News correspondent from Deir ez-Zor, Ahmed Al-Attara, who joins us live from there. Welcome,
[00:04:52] Ahmed, to Syria Time.
[00:04:54] Trade, supervise And we are also pleased to welcome Mr. Bassam Al-Hazza, Head of the Consumer
[00:04:58] Protection Department in Deir ez-Zor. May God bless you,
[00:05:01] Mr. Bassam. Welcome also to Syria Time. So,
[00:05:06] from outside Deir ez-Zor province, from unfortunately,
[00:05:06] the two defense the number is increasing. The report stated more than
[00:05:10] 227 cases
[00:05:13] of poisoning from meals
[00:05:16] from one of the restaurants in Deir ez-Zor. The number
[00:05:20] has developed and worsened to nearly
[00:05:22] 277.
[00:05:25] I will stop with you at the beginning, Ahmed. Tell
[00:05:28] us about what is happening in Deir
[00:05:31] ez-Zor.
[00:05:34] Abdul Razzaq, regarding the poisoning cases that reached Huweidi Hospital
[00:05:38] and the National Hospital in Deir ez-Zor, they were
[00:05:41] all food poisoning cases, according to the Health Directorate
[00:05:45] and according to the doctors who treated and gave
[00:05:49] medication to the patients who
[00:05:54] poisoning resulted, and everyone I interviewed from the
[00:05:58] poisoning cases, whether children, women, or
[00:06:01] families came completely to the hospital, of course,
[00:06:05] they said that they ate a meal from this restaurant or that
[00:06:08] restaurant. The issue is, why
[00:06:12] are the cases increasing now? The issue has been
[00:06:16] going on since the day before yesterday evening,
[00:06:19] and now, or until now, the toll is rising.
[00:06:23] When I asked this question to the media office at the Health Directorate,
[00:06:27] they said that there were people who were dealing with the situation as if it were
[00:06:30] a normal cold or a disease or severe fatigue or
[00:06:34] due to the water. They did not know that there
[00:06:38] were poisoning cases. When they visited the hospital, they discovered that
[00:06:42] they were infected with poisoning cases. There are also people
[00:06:45] who received treatment and went home, then returned
[00:06:49] to the hospital because the diarrhea did not stop or the vomiting
[00:06:52] did not stop. They were also treated again. So, the increase
[00:06:56] in cases is a natural matter, and as the health
[00:06:59] office confirmed, there are other people who say that the restaurant, how can
[00:07:03] it sell 270 cases or 270
[00:07:06] meals, meaning a restaurant in Deir ez-Zor city sells 270
[00:07:10] meals. The issue is bigger, meaning it needs to be explained
[00:07:14] or clarified that there are entire families. I saw them in the hospital
[00:07:17] during my visit to the hospital more than once, whether at Huweidi Hospital or
[00:07:21] the National Hospital. There are nine people from one family who ate
[00:07:25] a meal, there are five from one family who ate a meal, there are
[00:07:28] seven from one family who ate a meal. So,
[00:07:32] the number of meals does not exceed 50 meals for 250 or
[00:07:35] 270 people. Ahmed,
[00:07:38] the details of the injuries, the cases ranged from
[00:07:41] mild to moderate to moderately severe.
[00:07:45] How are the injured? Are there
[00:07:49] serious cases among these poisoning
[00:07:51] cases? All cases at
[00:07:57] not have any poisoning cases. As for the National
[00:08:00] Hospital, all cases have also been discharged, with the exception
[00:08:04] of cases that returned and,
[00:08:07] in addition to patients who visited the hospital a short
[00:08:10] while ago, are now taking anti-poisoning medications
[00:08:13] and anti-inflammatory
[00:08:15] medications, in addition to anti-vomiting medications.
[00:08:19] The other issue, or the other part, is that they are
[00:08:22] patients who suffer from chronic diseases
[00:08:26] such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Poisoning
[00:08:29] affected them, so they were placed under
[00:08:32] observation, not because they were poisoned. The poisoning
[00:08:36] was treated, but they were placed under observation
[00:08:39] so that their condition would not worsen, according to the Director of Health. Okay, Ahmed,
[00:08:43] stay with me. We will return to you, but I will turn to Mr. Bassam,
[00:08:47] Head of the Consumer Protection Department in Deir ez-Zor. Welcome again,
[00:08:50] Mr. Bassam. Have the restaurants that
[00:08:54] caused these cases been identified
[00:08:58] or are the investigations still ongoing
[00:09:12] as soon as information reached our directorate,
[00:09:15] a consumer protection patrol from the Food Safety Department
[00:09:19] was immediately dispatched to the National Hospital
[00:09:23] and we met with the citizens and asked
[00:09:27] them about the restaurants from which they had eaten
[00:09:31] the meals that led to their poisoning. They informed
[00:09:35] us of the names of two restaurants. We went directly
[00:09:38] to the two restaurants, where inspection reports were issued. The first restaurant is still
[00:09:56] under investigation by the Western Department to determine
[00:09:59] the cases that led to
[00:10:02] the poisoning. Dear sir,
[00:10:04] Mr.
[00:10:08] Ahmed, in our question also,
[00:10:11] and our examination of the poisoning cases,
[00:10:14] many of them came
[00:10:18] rural areas, meaning they did not eat food
[00:10:21] from these two restaurants, and yet
[00:10:33] other fast foods or grills
[00:10:36] or hummus, foul, and falafel
[00:10:39] the
[00:10:41] sick said they ate. They ate home-cooked food,
[00:10:45] and yet it led to poisoning.
[00:10:49] Of course, today we participated
[00:10:52] with the institution's directorate.
[00:11:25] the main reason
[00:11:28] for these
[00:11:30] injuries been determined?
[00:11:32] Until this moment, the investigation is ongoing, Abdul Razzaq,
[00:11:36] and the storm has started, meaning, as
[00:11:41] the eastern countryside. There is thunder
[00:11:44] and lightning right behind me in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor. We pray to God that it will be a beneficial
[00:11:48] rain. Ahmed. Amen. Regarding
[00:11:51] the causes, the investigation is ongoing, but through the interview I
[00:11:55] conducted with the patients who visited the National Hospital and Huweidi Hospital,
[00:11:59] all of them ate from the same restaurant or from the same
[00:12:02] two restaurants. Yes. So, what were these meals,
[00:12:05] Ahmed? What did they tell you? What were these meals?
[00:12:09] Some people said they ate foul, falafel, and hummus, and some people said
[00:12:13] they ate shawarma, and some people said they ate
[00:12:16] grilled meat, meaning the issue is not
[00:12:20] about a specific ingredient. Perhaps,
[00:12:22] we cannot confirm anything. Of course, the Health Directorate took
[00:12:26] samples from the water the
[00:12:30] two restaurants and took them to its private
[00:12:33] laboratories at the Health Directorate and the Deir ez-Zor Water Directorate.
[00:12:36] As for food samples, food samples were sent
[00:12:40] to Damascus, of course, according to what
[00:12:44] was stated by the media office at the Health Directorate, it confirmed that
[00:12:47] these analyses take from three to five days,
[00:12:51] meaning that the investigation can continue for a week, and then the results will be announced
[00:12:55] and the real reasons for these
[00:12:57] cases will be known. Until this moment, no confirmation can
[00:13:01] be made, but the data, I will talk about the data and what the
[00:13:04] people generally say. When they talk about three or
[00:13:08] four types of food, it is not possible for the main ingredient, whether
[00:13:12] hummus or chicken or foul or
[00:13:15] meat, to be spoiled because
[00:13:18] some meals are not used
[00:13:22] in the preparation of other meals. So. There is another
[00:13:26] ingredient, meaning a different ingredient, according to the
[00:13:29] residents who spoke, there was another
[00:13:32] ingredient, meaning in the room I
[00:13:35] entered, the internal care room. Of course,
[00:13:39] six families approximately, and by virtue
[00:13:43] of familiarity, the people of Deir ez-Zor are close to each other. People talk
[00:13:46] to people. I ate kebab, I ate
[00:13:50] shawarma, I ate foul and hummus. It was
[00:13:55] and hummus. This issue stated that,
[00:13:59] if you ate from this type and
[00:14:02] we both get poisoned? This type is not like this type. So, until
[00:14:06] this moment, no, indeed,
[00:14:09] there is a defect in the assessment,
[00:14:13] you told us that in more than one meal, whether
[00:14:16] vegetarian or as you said, shawarma. Can the reasons
[00:14:19] be confirmed, Abdul Razzaq? The reasons cannot be confirmed at
[00:14:23] all, and we are waiting
[00:14:28] for the investigation that is being conducted. Okay, Mr. Bassam, were
[00:14:32] the suspected restaurants that
[00:14:35] يعني
[00:14:37] you carried out inspection tours on subject to food
[00:14:41] supply control before, or not?
[00:14:44] Of course, Mr. Regarding food
[00:14:48] supply control, we, in the Directorate of Internal
[00:14:51] Trade and Consumer Protection, conduct
[00:14:57] either individually or through a committee
[00:15:00] formed by the Governor of Deir ez-Zor, including a representative
[00:15:04] from Deir ez-Zor Governorate and a representative from the Directorate of Internal
[00:15:07] Trade and a representative from the Directorate of Tourism. This
[00:15:11] committee conducts tours of tourist
[00:15:14] restaurants. In addition, we, in the Directorate of Internal
[00:15:19] popular restaurants. We verify the availability
[00:15:23] of health conditions in restaurants
[00:15:26] and the compliance of restaurants
[00:15:30] and their workers with healthy clothing, from aprons
[00:15:33] to head coverings to gloves, in addition to the cleanliness
[00:15:37] of the place, the cleanliness of the kitchen, and the cleanliness of the tools
[00:15:40] used to serve customers.
[00:15:44] You said, Mr. Bassam, a while
[00:15:47] ago, that you sealed off some restaurants
[00:15:50] that contained spoiled meat, but as Ahmed
[00:15:54] Al-Attara said, the foods and reasons
[00:15:57] varied. Okay, Mr.
[00:16:01] Bassam, how many inspection tours have you carried
[00:16:05] out in Deir ez-Zor restaurants during the past period,
[00:16:08] and if there were violations you detected,
[00:16:11] please inform us. Of course, we carry out
[00:16:15] daily tours of restaurants, sir. Dozens
[00:16:19] of reports have been issued against restaurants, and some
[00:16:23] of them have been closed due to
[00:16:25] their possession of spoiled meat or their non-compliance with
[00:16:28] health conditions regarding cleanliness
[00:16:31] and wearing healthy clothing. Okay, if the
[00:16:35] meat was spoiled, it would cause
[00:16:38] this poisoning. But some cases ate falafel. Where
[00:16:41] is the defect here?
[00:16:44] Of course, as Mr. Ahmed mentioned,
[00:16:47] there is a doubt about the
[00:16:51] water used to prepare the food. As
[00:16:54] I mentioned to you, dear sir, samples were taken by
[00:16:58] the Health Directorate and sent to the Central
[00:17:01] Laboratory in Damascus and also analyzed
[00:17:04] in the Health Directorate's laboratory, and the results, God
[00:17:07] willing, will appear within a maximum of five days to determine
[00:17:11] the causes of poisoning
[00:17:13] among patients. Okay. Okay, the restaurants
[00:17:17] that you sealed off, were these restaurants
[00:17:20] previously compliant with the conditions
[00:17:24] when they were granted licenses by you?
[00:17:28] Of course, licenses are granted by the Deir
[00:17:32] ez-Zor City Council. Our role is a supervisory
[00:17:34] role, whether through the Directorate of Internal
[00:17:38] Trade or through the joint committees formed by the Governor of Deir
[00:17:41] ez-Zor.
[00:17:45] Okay, okay, what are the conditions that must be
[00:17:48] met in restaurants for them to operate before
[00:17:52] granting licenses? What are these conditions, and what is the mechanism for regular
[00:17:55] monitoring of these restaurants to ensure
[00:17:59] their compliance or their adherence to the
[00:18:02] operating conditions? The issue,
[00:18:05] of course, the health conditions that must be met are the cleanliness of the place
[00:18:09] and that the place has ventilation openings and is far from
[00:18:13] disturbing the citizens.
[00:18:16] These are
[00:18:19] the health conditions and requirements that must be met in
[00:18:23] any restaurant that provides a service to citizens. It must be
[00:18:27] compliant with them. As for monitoring,
[00:18:30] it is continuous
[00:18:33] there is no day without a patrol from the
[00:18:38] food safety department, one of the departments of consumer
[00:18:41] protection, which daily monitors
[00:18:43] restaurants
[00:18:46] that serve all kinds
[00:18:49] of grilled meats or popular dishes such as falafel, foul,
[00:18:53] and hummus. And we in the Directorate of Internal
[00:18:56] Trade, as soon as any complaint reaches the directorate,
[00:18:59] a patrol is immediately dispatched to the place
[00:19:03] of the complaint to address it immediately.
[00:19:06] Yes. Okay. Okay, since you mentioned the issue of complaints, how
[00:19:10] can a citizen actually
[00:19:13] report a restaurant that violates the
[00:19:17] set conditions? What are the guarantees that ensure quick
[00:19:20] handling of this
[00:19:23] complaint, dear sir? We started a while ago,
[00:19:27] about a month and a half ago, by placing
[00:19:30] QR stickers on all commercial establishments
[00:19:34] in Deir ez-Zor governorate, including restaurants.
[00:19:38] So, any citizen can access the QR
[00:19:41] code and register their complaint, and the complaint immediately
[00:19:44] appears to us, and we take legal
[00:19:47] action if the complaint is justified.
[00:19:50] Also, we have a website for
[00:19:53] the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection on social
[00:19:57] media, and complaint numbers for the directorate,
[00:20:00] or they can come in person with any
[00:20:03] complaint they wish to submit through the
[00:20:06] available means.
[00:20:10] We are ready to respond to it immediately. Okay, I'll go back to you, Ahmed. As Mr. Bassam said,
[00:20:14] the inspection
[00:20:17] do not stop. They are conducted regularly
[00:20:20] as usual in Deir ez-Zor. The main
[00:20:24] reason has not been identified yet. Nevertheless, spoiled meat
[00:20:28] and violations of the conditions
[00:20:31] that granted them the license
[00:20:34] are seized. Okay, Ahmed, we are talking about more than
[00:20:38] 2070 cases of poisoning in Deir ez-Zor.
[00:20:41] The number is not small. We ask God to grant them a speedy
[00:20:44] recovery. Is there fear among the people of Deir
[00:20:48] ez-Zor now
[00:20:50] sent? Is there fear
[00:20:53] of restaurant food
[00:20:57] in Deir ez-Zor? Honestly, during
[00:21:01] my tour of the city today, most of
[00:21:03] the restaurants are
[00:21:07] the cafeterias on the corniche in the corniche area
[00:21:11] on the Euphrates River. Restaurants are operating fully.
[00:21:14] Meaning, there is a concern
[00:21:17] about the issue of prepared
[00:21:20] meals being a formal or main source of food.
[00:21:24] And the people generally consider this issue
[00:21:27] to be, in addition to waste, a lack of chivalry, as
[00:21:33] should not cook at home and bring ready-made meals, especially
[00:21:36] since there were families, yes, but there are young people, Ahmed,
[00:21:39] and students who need these
[00:21:43] foods. You know the difficult situation, right?
[00:21:47] Restaurants, restaurants in general,
[00:21:52] many people at restaurants, and there are crowded
[00:21:56] restaurants, honestly. What I saw today in the streets of Deir ez-Zor is that there are
[00:21:59] crowded restaurants, meaning that if there are fears,
[00:22:02] they are not great. People are reviewing, and the names
[00:22:06] of the restaurants that caused the poisoning cases or whose
[00:22:09] names were associated with poisoning have stopped or have been
[00:22:13] stopped and sealed. And that is what made
[00:22:16] the issue, according to, according to
[00:22:20] the residents, here, Ahmed, I want to add an important
[00:22:23] point. In such cases, a violation
[00:22:26] is recorded in one restaurant or, at
[00:22:30] most, two. But here, the situation is different. Different
[00:22:33] foods completely in more than one
[00:22:37] restaurant. Therefore, the reason
[00:22:40] is only two restaurants, yes, two restaurants. You said
[00:22:43] there are injuries, there are families who ate falafel,
[00:22:47] meat, yes.
[00:22:50] And shawarma, and shawarma. All these foods are in
[00:22:54] two restaurants? All of them are in two restaurants. Oh, okay.
[00:22:58] All of them are in two restaurants, and they took from these two restaurants.
[00:23:02] And the other restaurants, of course, there are well-known restaurants in Deir
[00:23:05] ez-Zor and there was a crowd
[00:23:09] today, and they were not affected at all by the issue of poisoning
[00:23:12] or by the poisoning cases. There is also,
[00:23:16] let's say, supervision or the handling by the Health Directorate
[00:23:20] and the Directorate of Trade and Consumer Protection of the situation directly
[00:23:23] since the day before yesterday evening. The great
[00:23:26] movement and the readiness that was available
[00:23:30] and the sealing of the shops
[00:23:33] and the full reception of patients. There is gratitude, meaning
[00:23:39] I met during my tour of the two hospitals, there is great
[00:23:42] gratitude for the handling of the visitors, whether in Huweidi
[00:23:45] Hospital or in the National Hospital. The handling
[00:23:49] was very good, and the medicines were provided
[00:23:53] And you focused on this issue that the Health Directorate
[00:23:56] or the hospital asked you for medicines from outside. Everyone confirmed
[00:23:59] that they received all their treatments from the hospital
[00:24:03] for free. Yes, thank you, Ahmed, for all these clarifications. I
[00:24:07] understood you, meaning more than one meal,
[00:24:10] you said, it is not possible for these foods to be in one
[00:24:14] restaurant or one place. We are talking about
[00:24:16] falafel, chicken, and meat. Thank you for this
[00:24:20] clarification. We ask God for peace for our people
[00:24:50] The second topic. Syrian Defense Minister Major General Morhaf Abu
[00:24:53] Qasra met today, Sunday, with the Deputy Prime Minister
[00:24:57] and Minister of State for Defense Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Saud
[00:25:03] in the Qatari capital, Doha. A number
[00:25:06] of files and topics of common
[00:25:09] interest were discussed. Let's watch, and then
[00:25:11] we'll return.
[00:25:14] In the course of Syrian-Qatari relations, defense
[00:25:18] and security cooperation
[00:25:20] emerges as one of the files that
[00:25:24] attention from both sides in light of the transformations
[00:25:28] witnessed by the region and the challenges
[00:25:31] it imposes, which require more coordination
[00:25:34] and exchange of views. In the Qatari capital, Doha,
[00:25:38] Syrian Defense Minister Major General Morhaf Abu Qasra met
[00:25:42] with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense
[00:25:45] Affairs, Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani,
[00:25:49] to discuss a number of common topics and files
[00:25:52] in a meeting that reflects the continued communication between
[00:25:56] institutions in the two countries. The meeting
[00:25:59] comes as an extension of previous contacts between
[00:26:02] the two sides, the last of which was on August 4th,
[00:26:06] when the two ministers discussed regional and international
[00:26:10] developments and ways to enhance coordination to serve common
[00:26:14] interests and support
[00:26:17] is inseparable from a broader path to developing Syrian-Qatari
[00:26:21] defense relations, as the Syrian Ministry
[00:26:25] of Defense previously discussed with the Qatari side
[00:26:27] prospects for cooperation in the fields
[00:26:31] of defense and military industries during a meeting
[00:26:34] between the Syrian Defense Minister and the Qatari
[00:26:38] Ambassador in Damascus and a delegation from Barzan
[00:26:40] Holdings, which specializes in defense
[00:26:44] and security industries. These meetings
[00:26:46] gain importance in light of Syria's
[00:26:50] needs to develop its military institutions and rebuild
[00:26:53] its defense capabilities and benefit from modern
[00:26:57] expertise and technologies, in addition to enhancing
[00:27:00] regional cooperation in addressing security challenges
[00:27:04] and the risks of instability. Between direct
[00:27:07] contacts and meetings, Damascus and Doha
[00:27:10] are moving to strengthen defense coordination
[00:27:13] channels within bilateral relations
[00:27:16] that are moving towards expanding areas of cooperation
[00:27:19] in line with the requirements of the new phase in
[00:27:23] Syria and the challenges
[00:27:25] of the region.
[00:27:29] segment from London. I welcome Mr. Samer Khalia,
[00:27:33] political analyst, and from Aleppo, Brigadier
[00:27:36] Ziad Haj Obeid, military analyst. Welcome to
[00:27:40] Syria Time. Perhaps I will start
[00:27:43] with you, Brigadier General Ziad.
[00:27:46] So, this meeting is not the first.
[00:27:51] military and political meeting
[00:27:55] for the Syrian
[00:27:59] particular time and the developments
[00:28:01] the region is experiencing.
[00:28:03] Greetings to you, greetings to your dear guest,
[00:28:06] greetings to the dear viewers. In fact, the visit
[00:28:10] by Major General Morhaf Abu Qasra, the Syrian
[00:28:12] Defense Minister, to the State of Qatar was for
[00:28:15] coordination and to unify positions and efforts. We,
[00:28:18] as the State of Syria today, and the Arab countries, and the Gulf countries
[00:28:22] in particular, are in dire need,
[00:28:26] and the friendly countries in the region are in dire need of coordination
[00:28:29] and cooperation and finding action
[00:28:32] plans, as the region
[00:28:36] and warnings of a major war in the region. American
[00:28:40] fighters and bombers also returned to reposition
[00:28:43] themselves in Palestine, at Israeli
[00:28:46] airports, and refueled
[00:28:49] in Greece, and Turkish aircraft with British aircraft conducted
[00:28:53] a coordinated and unified exercise in southern
[00:28:56] Saudi Arabia and may be working for operations in Yemen
[00:28:59] against the Houthis, and there may be other operations.
[00:29:02] The region, because the dangerous situation
[00:29:06] that the Gulf region is going through, especially
[00:29:09] Iran's intransigence and the hesitant
[00:29:14] in the Gulf, warns of a coming major
[00:29:18] war, and we are not isolated from this war, nor are the Gulf
[00:29:21] countries. Therefore, coordination is essential. This cooperation
[00:29:24] is externally with Qatar and with other countries. Regarding
[00:29:28] the internal situation between Qatar and Syria and military coordination,
[00:29:32] we are in dire need today of cooperation and coordination, and establishing
[00:29:35] a system of communication and close military cooperation. We need
[00:29:39] training and modern technological development.
[00:29:42] In fact, Qatar has made great strides
[00:29:45] in using advanced military technology,
[00:29:48] and we were in a time of war, a time of revolution 14
[00:29:51] years ago. We need cooperation and coordination. We need
[00:29:54] support with information, with modern
[00:29:58] technological training to provide the Syrian National Army
[00:30:01] with modern expertise
[00:30:04] in order to keep pace with military action in the region and for
[00:30:07] continuous coordination in case the Syrian Arab Army
[00:30:11] is asked to carry out a joint battle, whether in the Gulf or
[00:30:15] inside Syria or in any Arab region in cooperation with
[00:30:18] Qatar or with Saudi Arabia and friendly countries. Okay, on the other
[00:30:22] point he is talking about, we are living in a very, very bad situation
[00:30:26] and provocations and violations from the Israeli side, right? And this
[00:30:29] situation, we cannot be patient indefinitely,
[00:30:33] especially since there was talk of Syria
[00:30:36] entering, meaning Syria's readiness and preparedness
[00:30:40] perhaps to join the Mecca
[00:30:43] alliance. Thank you very much. I will come back to you,
[00:30:47] Brigadier General, but I will go to
[00:30:51] meeting is not the first, as I mentioned and said a little
[00:30:54] earlier. The repetition of these meetings between
[00:30:57] the two sides, does that reflect