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00:00:00the topic
00:00:02from a regional perspective this time. This is also an important issue
00:00:05because the issue is related to the internal path in Turkey as
00:00:09you also follow it since
00:00:11we discussed in a new way a new approach
00:00:15to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) issue and the Kurdish issue
00:00:18as a whole in Turkey. And the latest achievements
00:00:21were in August last year under the roof of the
00:00:24parliament, a bill
00:00:26and Iran to be present in this was approved, opening the way for
00:00:30members of these groups in the PKK to surrender themselves
00:00:33to the security
00:00:35and after this agencies and to the Turkish judiciary on the internal level in Syria.
00:00:40Iran. But nevertheless, it Also, there is a similar movement with the QSD
00:00:43issue, and a large part of this movement
00:00:46in Turkey and Syria
00:00:48In every corner of this is taking place within the framework of bilateral coordination between Ankara
00:00:51and Damascus. Now, the Iraqi player
00:00:55is also present in one way or another on the line of
00:00:58this. Why? Because we all
00:01:02know that there are members of the PKK in northern
00:01:05Iraq, and this coordination or this mechanism
00:01:09that began at the bilateral or
00:01:12tripartite level needs to be transformed into a quadripartite mechanism. Why? Because
00:01:19oh homes in with more Iran is also concerned
00:01:22homes in it entrenches itself with this particular issue. One last point, I won't prolong, Rubba,
00:01:23and we may have to that this issue is now linked to
00:01:25the Kurdistan Workers' Party. What does Turkey want? Why,
00:01:29in short,
00:01:38it wants to dry up this party in its current
00:01:42form and any future
00:01:46attempts for it to return in another form or under another
00:01:49name. This is a pre-emptive strike that Turkey
00:01:52is trying to carry out. This is the first
00:01:56That's right, but there is also an important point
00:02:00that is to pull this card from the hands of some capitals,
00:02:04elements, who are not Syrians, some parties that played it against Turkey, against Syria, against Iraq
00:02:09Allah" is still the most famous in as well, for a long period of time. I mean, there are more
00:02:11than one objective when Turkey moves
00:02:14in
00:02:19He was a member of the work of a mechanism of this complete. On this direction. But in short, I think that the issue is now linked to giving Iran this opportunity.
00:02:23and agree on Perhaps
00:02:26and Iraqis to resolve the point is, yes, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the issue of QSD is important, but now we are discussing
00:02:30the region, as you know, the issue of withdrawing
00:02:33weapons, no external weapons, legitimacy
00:02:36And when you asked the question to is the first point, and there are groups and organizations
00:02:39But willpower does not similar to the PKK.
00:02:42and hope does not So, we don't know if it is also in Iran's interest to be part of such
00:02:45a mechanism, given that you referred
00:02:47But is this to the issue of arms and weapons outside the state's framework. If we ask you,
00:02:52believe that this Dr. Ahmed, regarding
00:02:55this mechanism, if we ask
00:02:58technically,
00:03:01how long does it take for this mechanism to start?
00:03:04What are the conditions that must be
00:03:06Ibrahim Hanano in agreed upon? Who will object to this
00:03:09mechanism within the Turkish
00:03:13proposal? And whose interest is it
00:03:15and his presence is still dominant in to actually be part of this mechanism
00:03:18other than Turkey, which seems to have
00:03:20information or a real sense of danger
00:03:27and was buried in and hearts? Unfortunately, from the Kurdistan Workers' Party? Who wins and who benefits less from this joint mechanism?
00:03:31this type of trust It
00:03:34is certain that such a mechanism will be
00:03:37useful and will constitute a strong pressure factor on
00:03:40the PKK. The PKK, it is true that they have entered
00:03:43into negotiations with the Turkish state to solve
00:03:46the issue completely, but in their negotiations,
00:03:49they want to gain
00:03:52when he was forced to a set of cards, so they are causing trouble, they
00:03:54are stirring up unrest in the region,
00:03:57integration with and they also want to delay or prevent
00:04:00integration in Syria until their conditions are met. All these
00:04:04points make the mechanism
00:04:06a possible mechanism. True, I agree with Professor
00:04:11Yes, but Samir that this mechanism will take a lot of time
00:04:14and is not
00:04:17more pressure on them, to more a simple or
00:04:18convincing them that this easy matter, but it truly
00:04:19Questions that do not shy away from achieves a balancing
00:04:22compromise on pressure factor for what the PKK is trying to do, in addition to the fact that the QSD
00:04:25forces and those behind them believe that
00:04:29the United States' protection for them
00:04:32after he won will continue for a long time. It is true that
00:04:36in Qandil. I mean, the Syrian leadership is patient regarding this issue and wants a peaceful solution and does not want to enter
00:04:40into a war that may claim lives, and this may lead
00:04:43to catastrophic results that we can do without.
00:04:47We want the Kurdish component
00:04:49as a whole to join the Syrian state
00:04:53Salha, the academic specializing in and to be a factor of stability and peace in the region,
00:04:56whether in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, or even Iran.
00:05:00I return to say that Iran
00:05:03also uses the PKK as a weapon
00:05:06to spread panic in the region
00:05:09and stir up trouble.
00:05:12Is it in Iran's interest to join such a mechanism? Can
00:05:16Iran even force
00:05:19the PKK leaders under its control
00:05:23to lay down their weapons and end this form of armament outside
00:05:26the state's framework? Or is this card one of the few
00:05:30cards of strength that Iran has left and is clinging to? How
00:05:33will Turkey convince Iran, how will Turkey convince Syria
00:05:38path?
00:05:42My assessment is that Iran is in a critical situation after the successive
00:05:45blows internal
00:05:49decay in
00:05:52still uses its proxies in the region, and
00:05:56on this basis, has Iran reached the point where it is convinced
00:06:00of the possibility of entering such a mechanism? Or is
00:06:04it possible for the Iranian leadership to apologize
00:06:07to the Syrian people and forgive
00:06:10the past and start a new chapter?
00:06:12This is the fundamental question. From here, from here we start,
00:06:15that the national security of the region must be
00:06:18resolved, and major decisions must be taken
00:06:22in this regard. And how can this be achieved?
00:06:26With more pressure, with more diplomacy,
00:06:29dialogue,
00:06:35prepare more, we may have to prepare more
00:06:39in order to reach a desired result. To
00:06:43the desired result that we want. Yes, okay, okay.
00:06:46I'll get back to you, Dr. Ahmed, I'll go to Dr. Samir.
00:06:50Dr. Samir, what
00:06:52is also required from Turkey now to draw
00:06:56the features of this new mechanism, given that it seems
00:07:00to be the most affected
00:07:03by the Kurdistan Workers' Party,
00:07:07external pressures, but also internal
00:07:10pressures? What are the challenges it faces and what should
00:07:14it do to draw the features of such a mechanism
00:07:18that requires, as you said, a long time and many technical
00:07:21matters Right, I mean, a fundamental
00:07:25point is that activating
00:07:28type, as we said, it is not enough for the
00:07:32parties to sit at the table
00:07:35the general lines of joint
00:07:39action. The issue is linked to
00:07:42implementing
00:07:45the plans that are agreed upon.
00:07:49Dr. Ahmed, I noted some important observations,
00:07:52Rubba, that this quadrilateral
00:07:55mechanism needs more than one level. It needs
00:07:58information exchange first. It needs sincere
00:08:02intentions from the four parties towards, yes,
00:08:05dealing with this issue with clear credibility. After
00:08:09that, information exchange, border control, preventing the movement
00:08:12of elements, monitoring their locations, preventing
00:08:15funding, surrendering wanted persons. I have more than one point recorded
00:08:19in front of me now, Rubba, important
00:08:22work. Can all parties fulfill these
00:08:25points that you mentioned, which
00:08:29are perhaps the mechanism of work within this or the points
00:08:32of work within this mechanism? Is there even trust between all
00:08:36the existing parties? Let's leave the Turkish and Syrian sides
00:08:40and, I mean, Syria and Iran. Can
00:08:43for coordination exist? And what are the factors that
00:08:47prevent the two parties, I mean, the United States, also in such
00:08:50a matter?
00:08:53The point here regarding the second question you asked is very important.
00:08:57It is the issue of the Kurdistan Workers' Party cleaning
00:09:01up the weapons it possesses and committing
00:09:04to the established plan
00:09:07and surrendering
00:09:09its elements.
00:09:11But, as I told you a little while ago,
00:09:15it does not want some people to keep
00:09:19Hezbollah's weapons somewhere and deliver
00:09:23them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party
00:09:26at a later time when
00:09:30interests clash. This is the point now that is pushing Turkey
00:09:33to transfer the file from a partial issue within
00:09:36Turkey or through Turkish-Syrian coordination only
00:09:40to a quadripartite
00:09:42effort. Iran also has a problem with
00:09:46elements of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
00:09:49this coordination, which Iran welcomed in recent
00:09:52hours, can proceed, but within the framework of the Kurdistan
00:09:56Workers' Party's vision and how to deal with it, Rubba. But
00:09:59regarding other files, we don't know, you and I, how
00:10:03they will be discussed in the security aspect, Iran's proxies in the region, as
00:10:07Dr. Ahmed also mentioned a little while ago. Will
00:10:10Hezbollah be involved in these
00:10:13discussions? Will the Popular Mobilization
00:10:16Forces or the elements that move under Iranian orders
00:10:20within the Popular Mobilization Forces themselves
00:10:23be involved? These are, in my opinion, discussions that
00:10:27may help more and more to activate the Turkish
00:10:30plan from a Turkey without terrorism to
00:10:33a region without terrorism. Oh, okay, Dr. Ahmed, if these
00:10:37points that Dr. Samir referred to are not
00:10:40easy points, and perhaps they are almost impossible, but you
00:10:44were talking at the beginning about solutions. In your opinion, with all these
00:10:47challenges, is it possible that solutions
00:10:50exist to build trust to
00:10:54solve this crisis related not only
00:10:57to the PKK here, we are talking about something broader related to any
00:11:01weapon outside the state's
00:11:02framework?
00:11:08Yes, our dear sister, I believe that this mechanism
00:11:11contains a message to the United States. Oh,
00:11:15and that such an issue related to the national security of these
00:11:18countries should be understood by the United States,
00:11:22and that these countries want stability. They want
00:11:25to participate in international peace, and it is not possible for
00:11:28one of the parties, even partially, to rely on the United
00:11:31States in holding
00:11:35weapons. And you know that the QSD still
00:11:38possesses American weapons,
00:11:41and it does not, I would not say, threaten with them, but
00:11:45in the Syrian areas under the pretext that these are American
00:11:48weapons directed at terrorism and does not want
00:11:51to give them up at all.
00:11:55Do you believe that American pressure might make those who possess American
00:11:59weapons now, from the remnants of the QSD, hand them over
00:12:03to the Syrian state? And this should have been done as part of
00:12:06the integration agreement, especially since
00:12:09two days ago, the United States lifted
00:12:12the ban on Syria, the remaining two points regarding
00:12:15armament.
00:12:19Let me say that this has happened partially,
00:12:22but as I mentioned earlier, many
00:12:25of the PKK
00:12:29still influence the final
00:12:32decision and thus hinder integration and hinder the surrender
00:12:36of weapons. I also want to say that Iran, has
00:12:39it reached the point where it is convinced that it is in its
00:12:42interest for the region to be stable
00:12:46and to reach an understanding with the Turks, Syrians,
00:12:51this issue? Because without
00:12:55focusing and establishing the concept of the state in the region,
00:12:59things cannot be stable. It
00:13:01is certain that the PKK has aspirations
00:13:05and dreams that still exist to establish their own state
00:13:09at the expense of all neighboring countries.
00:13:12dream still ongoing? I
00:13:17dream has ended. The point
00:13:19is that the solution, it seems, has ended. What do they want
00:13:23then? And why does such a mechanism arise? I mean,
00:13:27it seems or perhaps there is not only
00:13:30a sense but also a real danger of
00:13:33the PKK carrying out operations,
00:13:36and that is why Turkey resorts to such a mechanism.
00:13:39That's right.
00:13:42That's right. From our point of view, the dream has
00:13:45ended, but has it ended from their minds
00:13:50many of them still, as I said a little while
00:13:53ago, the PKK elements who are not
00:13:55Syrians and who want to move from
00:13:59Syria towards Iraq and towards Iran and towards
00:14:03Turkey, hoping that favorable international
00:14:06circumstances will come their way. Unfortunately,
00:14:09they are not only making mistakes.
00:14:12They are making mistakes in reading international strategy. They are also making mistakes
00:14:16in reading the dream, and it would have been much
00:14:19better for them to go towards
00:14:22neighboring countries and to be part of nation-building
00:14:25in the entire region. But
00:14:29this, until this moment, I believe
00:14:33that it is still difficult.
00:14:36it is very clear that such a mechanism will contribute to
00:14:43matter has ended and that we should indeed move
00:14:47towards full integration in Syria. Yes, and you
00:14:50know that our brothers from the Kurdish component truly
00:14:54desire
00:15:01to be citizens who enjoy all
00:15:04their rights. Yes, thank you very much to my dear
00:15:08guests, Dr. Ahmed
00:15:10Tomeh,
00:15:12the academic and politician, who was with us from Damascus, and Dr. Samir
00:15:18Turkish affairs, who was with us from Istanbul.
00:15:21And the biggest thanks go to you, our viewers, for following us in
00:15:25this episode of Syria Today program. As usual, from
00:15:28me and the newsroom team and from behind the cameras, my best regards, and see
00:15:32you.
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00:17:20Subhi Barakat Al-Khalidi.
00:17:24Subhi Barakat, the first president of Syria during the
00:17:27French Mandate. Subhi Barakat Al-Khalidi
00:17:30was born in
00:17:331889
00:17:36in the Iskenderun district, which was then part of Aleppo Vilayet.
00:17:40Opinions vary regarding his origin,
00:17:43some say he was of Turkmen
00:17:46origin, others say he was an Arab from Bani
00:17:49Khalid. His family belonged to the
00:17:52Agha class, as it was called then.
00:17:56the Ottoman Parliament before the end
00:18:00of World War
00:18:01I.
00:18:09After the Allied victory and the defeat of the Ottomans, Barakat
00:18:12participated in the Syrian General Congress after Prince
00:18:16Faisal's forces entered Syria in
00:18:191919.
00:18:22Barakat represented the Iskenderun district at
00:18:25the conference, which was part of Syria,
00:18:28and signed with the conferees the declaration of the Syrian
00:18:32Arab Kingdom.
00:18:37After the French entered Syria and Lebanon, Barakat
00:18:41joined his comrade
00:18:44the French Mandate.
00:18:47However, Barakat left armed action and
00:18:50moved from the anti-French camp
00:18:54to the camp of the moderates or "mandate supporters," as
00:18:58they were called, referring to
00:19:01those who did not oppose the French Mandate.
00:19:04As a result of his policy,
00:19:07he became president of the Syrian Federation, which
00:19:11included the states of Aleppo, Damascus, Alawites,
00:19:15and Druze in
00:19:161922,
00:19:20and remained in office until the outbreak of the Great
00:19:23Syrian Revolt in
00:19:251925,
00:19:29resign.
00:19:32Some historians believe that Barakat did not object
00:19:36to the French shelling of Damascus
00:19:39during that year, which led to an escalation of public
00:19:43resentment against him, and then
00:19:44his resignation.
00:19:52The anger of the political opposition, represented
00:19:56by the National Bloc at the time, reached
00:19:59such a degree that some of its members, led by Akram
00:20:02Al-Hourani, attempted to assassinate him in Beirut
00:20:05in 1931,
00:20:09the parliamentary elections in
00:20:11Aleppo.
00:20:15Barakat returned to his political arena through the gates
00:20:18of parliament, serving as its president between
00:20:221932 and
00:20:261936,
00:20:29after which he left Syria and his political arena forever
00:20:33after the famous sixty-day strike, as
00:20:37he returned to Antakya and lived there awaiting
00:20:39the results of the 1936
00:20:42agreement.
00:20:46He lived the rest of his life in his city, even after
00:20:50the annexation of the Iskenderun district to Turkey, despite
00:20:53his declared opposition to this
00:20:55annexation.
00:20:59Subhi Barakat summarizes the birth pangs that Syria
00:21:02experienced during its establishment. He was the first
00:21:05president who did not speak Arabic. His political
00:21:09career began as president of the Syrian Federation
00:21:12and ended in
00:21:141939
00:21:18as a Turkish citizen in his birthplace
00:21:21Antakya, or Hatay province
00:21:23as it is called today.
00:22:34Syrians spread across the
00:22:36earth.
00:22:39They succeeded, excelled, and proved their existence despite
00:22:42difficulties.
00:22:47Between their success stories and decisions that shape their destiny in
00:22:51their diaspora,
00:22:58the diaspora's stories and decisions shape the scene.
00:23:01It discusses their details to make the picture
00:23:05the diaspora, on the screen of Syria
00:23:07TV.
00:23:16Syria, the cornerstone of steadfastness.
00:23:20Civilizations suffered from the fires of war
00:23:24and witnessed destruction unparalleled
00:23:26before.
00:23:29break,
00:23:32die. Today, we write
00:23:36a new chapter in our history,
00:23:38a chapter of construction and reconstruction,
00:23:42a chapter in which we prove to the world that we are
00:23:45one people, strong
00:23:47and cohesive. With the efforts of its sons
00:23:50and with the spirit of cooperation, Syria
00:23:54rises anew,
00:23:56and we build it stronger,
00:23:58more beautiful, and more
00:24:01prosperous. The new
00:24:03Syria is the Syria
00:24:06of the future, the Syria of
00:24:09science and knowledge, the Syria of
00:24:12beauty and culture,
00:24:16the Syria that we all deserve.
00:24:21We will not stop until we reach our
00:24:23goal. We will not stop until we make
00:24:27Syria the pride of Arabs
00:24:30and the world.
00:24:33Syria, we build
00:24:35it together.
00:24:44From the memory of war, the voice of the future
00:24:47emerges.
00:24:50Not a narrative of a past gone by, but the birth of a new
00:24:54present.
00:24:57A platform that opens horizons and poses big
00:25:01questions about the state and about
00:25:03society and about
00:25:05tomorrow.
00:25:09the truth and do not
00:25:12boldness. The Third Republic,
00:25:15visions and a voice in which
00:25:19everyone participates. On Syria
00:25:21TV.
00:25:30Bashar al-Assad's escape from
00:25:32Damascus at a time when events
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00:27:15He studied in Kuttab (traditional Islamic schools) and memorized the Quran at the age of eight,
00:27:18and like his father, he was a Sufi
00:27:20Naqshbandi. He learned religious chanting in
00:27:24Sufi dhikr circles and memorized the poems of Ibn al-Farid
00:27:27and al-Busiri.
00:27:33In 1955, he moved
00:27:36to live near the Sufi pole Ahmed al-Badawi in Tanta,
00:27:39and he used to chant for the visitors of the shrine. And there,
00:27:43his fame began. In 1967,
00:27:47his fame spread after the Islamic world knew him through
00:27:50Cairo Radio and Egyptian
00:27:53Television.
00:27:58He was distinguished by a huge vocal range, especially in performing
00:28:01the highest notes and the range of
00:28:04response and counter-response. His voice was associated with the month of Ramadan,
00:28:07and his supplication "Allah Ya
00:28:12the Islamic world and
00:28:15it still has a place in souls. Egyptian President
00:28:18Anwar Sadat greatly admired
00:28:21him and invited him to chant at his private
00:28:25and public parties. Composer Baligh
00:28:28Hamdi composed for him, at the request of President Sadat, about 15 compositions.
00:28:42He collaborated with great poets and musicians
00:28:45such as Hilmy Amin, Mohammed El Mougy, poet Abdul
00:28:48Fattah Mustafa, and poet Mahmoud Ismail Jaah. He received
00:28:52invitations from most Islamic countries
00:28:55and chanted in them on religious occasions, especially during
00:28:59the month of Ramadan. He kept
00:29:03up with national events and chanted for the Arabs in the 1973
00:29:06war.
00:29:09Palestine was also present in his chants. Egypt
00:29:13honored him by awarding him the Order of the Republic twice,
00:29:17Arab and Islamic memory. Sayed
00:29:21Naqshbandi, nicknamed the Imam of Chanters, passed away in
00:29:251996
00:29:27at the age of 55
00:29:29Cairo.
00:30:34News at 9, dear viewers, welcome, and here are the main headlines of its files
00:30:38today.
00:30:42The arrest of former Major General Ahmed Mohammed Ismail, one
00:30:45of the first-rank leaders in the Republican Guard during the rule of the ousted
00:30:48regime.
00:30:52The Educational Complex in the city of Al-Sanamayn in rural Daraa announces
00:30:56the suspension of schools in the city today due to