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00:00:19these details need to be verified,
00:00:19I heard it from a number of
00:00:38Welcome again. Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper reported that the government
00:00:41appointed three former leaders
00:00:44over. Most of the news from of the Syrian Democratic Forces to positions in Al-Hasakah governorate as part of
00:00:48ongoing arrangements to integrate security and
00:00:51military institutions in northeastern Syria into state
00:00:54institutions. The newspaper quoted security sources in
00:00:57Al-Hasakah and others close to the SDF. Malek Bashar, known as
00:01:00Haval Dimhat, took over
00:01:04the General Intelligence in Al-Hasakah, while
00:01:07Kao Derek was appointed as head of Military Security, and
00:01:11Dijwar Amouda was assigned the
00:01:13counter-terrorism file within the General Intelligence
00:01:17apparatus. The appointments followed a visit by a high-level Syrian
00:01:20security delegation to Al-Hasakah on the seventh of October,
00:01:24headed by the head of General Intelligence, Abdel Qader Al-Tahan,
00:01:28and accompanied by the head of External Intelligence, Abdel
00:01:30Rahman Al-Dabbagh. According to the report, the delegation discussed arrangements for
00:01:35Sipan also happened, I mean, in, I mean, security positions in taking over security branches
00:01:41turmoil in the and are now leaders in and prisons in Al-Hasakah unrest and more governorate.
00:01:47We are joined by Samer Al-Ahmad, journalist and political researcher from Damascus,
00:01:50and Shirwan Ibrahim, journalist from
00:01:53and not that it is the ultimate authority on Bochum, Germany. Welcome,
00:01:55decisions, Shirwan, how can we interpret the decision
00:01:58to appoint three SDF officials to sensitive security
00:02:01positions in Al-Hasakah?
00:02:04Good evening, my dear Mohammed, Professor Samer, and all viewers.
00:02:08and things were limited to The decision that was published only by Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed website
00:02:12that spoke about this issue. Of course, even before
00:02:16the viewer understands. Now, the security file in my participation in this program, we made some calls.
00:02:20There is something that suggests
00:02:23We don't need to talk about it more. And when we talk to that these appointments are most likely
00:02:26After that, each incident will have its own story. In correct, but so far, no official decision has been issued.
00:02:30If we assume that this decision is official, then I think
00:02:34leaders have been integrated the situation is normal according to the integration agreements that
00:02:37are taking place between the two parties, especially since there is a quota system in
00:02:41some, not in some, but in all such
00:02:44sensitive positions, and from the security
00:02:47and military point of view, almost all
00:02:52Marwan and a large number of these matters usually have the official from one party and the deputy from the other party. Therefore,
00:02:56we are awaiting
00:02:58No one objects. The objection is to details or official confirmations, and
00:03:01also details about this
00:03:04issue. But as I said, so far, the situation
00:03:08seems to be part of the integration process and the distribution of positions
00:03:11between the two parties. There is another point I want to mention, which is
00:03:14that these forces, which are an abbreviation for Counter-Terrorism Forces
00:03:18that were a military formation
00:03:21within the SDF, these forces were and still are directly affiliated
00:03:25with the international coalition
00:03:28forces and the American side, both in terms of salaries
00:03:32violations and get rid of the Revolutionary and appointments, and also in terms of military orders and instructions.
00:03:36Therefore, I think they will have
00:03:39a future or
00:03:45Bochum in respond. I mean, the phone an even greater presence in other Syrian regions in some of the operations related to counter-terrorism, given that the American side is
00:03:48the one that controls more details
00:03:53it will be their responsibility, but regarding the fate of these forces or this particular formation, but they do not,
00:03:57in fact, belong to the Syrian military
00:04:00and security
00:04:02is linked to the political establishment. No, no, under the terms of the
00:04:04and military agreement that will be imposed on merger and a military formation affiliated with the SDF from an announced perspective, and the SDF
00:04:07has all merged or is merging with the institutions
00:04:11of integration and agreement took place in of the Syrian government, but I just want to clarify,
00:04:14this particular formation is
00:04:16pampered by the Americans, let's say,
00:04:20and also trained by the Americans. Therefore, the decisive
00:04:24decision also concerns this
00:04:26by a bullet to aspect under the special arrangements of the international
00:04:29coalition to fight terrorism. Umm, okay.
00:04:32And Syria is a member
00:04:34SDF. It does not of it,
00:04:36mean that the official is from this
00:04:36intimidation and terrorism on the streets against and I think this issue has become linked to Damascus itself,
00:04:39and as I said, we are awaiting confirmations
00:04:42regarding these appointments and also the details. Amir, what are the
00:04:46repercussions of these appointments in
00:04:47Al-Hasakah?
00:04:50Yes, good evening, Mohammed,
00:04:52Al-Jadeed website published this to you and Professor Shirwan.
00:04:55Actually, these appointments are
00:04:57help in natural and expected. There is
00:05:00nothing new about them. However, there are, I believe,
00:05:03some inaccurate information that came from Al-Arabi
00:05:06Al-Jadeed regarding the second personality. His name might be
00:05:10Kawaderik.
00:05:12Because the military security apparatus already exists
00:05:15and is led by leader
00:05:18Thaeir Bilal Abu Omar, who is also from Al-Hasakah. Perhaps
00:05:22this was his deputy, like the internal security command, Brigadier General
00:05:26Marwan and Brigadier General Siamand his deputy. So I think
00:05:31and Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed rushed to publish these
00:05:35news. It says responsible for military security,
00:05:38and therefore the position is not clear exactly. It says responsible for military security. No,
00:05:42no, no, no, the military security command and the military security details
00:05:46have been present in Al-Hasakah for several months,
00:05:49and the young men, some of whom we know personally, so I don't think there's
00:05:52anything
00:05:54new.
00:05:56The public's reaction is that people don't care
00:06:00much about appointments. In the end, I haven't seen anyone object to
00:06:04the appointment of Mr. Mazloum Abdo as an advisor to the President, or even
00:06:08Brigadier General Siamand, or even the governor. Sir, the matter
00:06:12is and everyone realized
00:06:15that it is a process of integration and closer to a quota system,
00:06:18but this integration is the integration of the SDF with
00:06:21the state and not the state sharing with
00:06:24the SDF. There are some problems with some
00:06:28young men
00:06:30who were close to the SDF, who always said that it was a distribution
00:06:34of shares or that the SDF manages the entire governorate and the state has no say
00:06:38in it. This is not realistic. Regarding
00:06:40the H.A.T.
00:06:43I agree with Shirwan that it was the pampered child of the United
00:06:47States when it was present in Syria. Now the United States is outside
00:06:50Syria, and as far as I know, there is no military
00:06:54faction that receives a salary or
00:06:56financial dues from the international coalition except for the official dues,
00:07:00given that Syria is a member of the coalition, that go to the Ministry of Defense and Interior, and there is
00:07:04cooperation on the matter, and there is an anti-terrorism unit already present in Syria in
00:07:08the Ministry of Interior. So that is illogical. But
00:07:11it is known that the H.A.T. will be integrated into the Syrian security apparatus
00:07:14under certain arrangements, because it has
00:07:18a counterpart. I think it is the anti-terrorism unit affiliated
00:07:21with the Interior Ministry or even the special tasks affiliated with general security. Some elements
00:07:25who meet the conditions can be integrated into it. As for
00:07:29I'm sorry, but I heard a couple of
00:07:32days ago some educated Kurdish youths and friends
00:07:36saying, "Oh, it's American, it's American." So what? What's the problem if it's American?
00:07:39We are talking about a national agreement.
00:07:43It doesn't have much to do with international repercussions. Today it is being implemented, and there are no
00:07:46American officers supervising the integration. There are Syrian
00:07:49officials supervising the integration, and things are going smoothly
00:07:53regarding the integration. But let's go back to the street. Today, Mohammed,
00:07:56people don't care much about
00:07:59appointing a leader or so on, but there are voices, frankly.
00:08:03Samer, Samer, usually you take a different
00:08:06approach. Today, you are very supportive
00:08:10of this idea.
00:08:20Perhaps there is a quota system, and therefore some say it's a quota system between the SDF
00:08:24and the central government in Damascus, of course. And the others, the residents
00:08:28and the other parties, have no say,
00:08:32no share, in this quota system.
00:08:35Of course, Mohammed, Mohammed, today even judges have been appointed,
00:08:39and some people's problem is
00:08:43they think we object to appointing a Kurd to a leadership position in the state,
00:08:47and this is wrong. Today, among the judges, there are Arabs
00:08:51and Syriacs who were appointed. Well, some of them are accused of corruption
00:08:54and bad records during the past years. Well,
00:08:58and some or 15 judged some
00:09:01Syrians to be from ISIS and transferred them to Iraq, even though Iraq itself
00:09:04returned, according to the news, more than 200 people whose sentences
00:09:08were wrong. No, the investigation is still ongoing for the rest. Our problem
00:09:12today is not a personal problem with Kurds or Arabs or
00:09:15Syriacs. Our issue is about the state,
00:09:19as a state, that positions should be for competent people
00:09:22and not based on quotas. I am against quotas, and I tell you publicly
00:09:26that what is happening in Al-Hasakah is a bad quota system.
00:09:28And
00:09:30unfortunately, neither the Kurdish youth are happy nor the Arab
00:09:34youth are happy, but the problem today in Al-Hasakah city
00:09:37after the last demonstrations
00:09:39is that there is an armed faction
00:09:42outside the scope of the state and outside the SDF, meaning outside the integrated SDF,
00:09:46practicing
00:09:49civilians. This armed faction must be
00:09:53dealt with. You ask me today
00:09:55a little
00:09:59about the appointments.
00:10:01Of course, of course, these are the ones the state described as
00:10:05outlaws. Well, how do the new appointments, in your opinion,
00:10:10dealing with the issue?
00:10:13I think it's a separate issue. Today,
00:10:16a statement, I mean, I would like to refer to the statement of the Directorate of Internal Security
00:10:20in Al-Hasakah, which was issued this afternoon. It's a very important statement
00:10:24prohibiting carrying weapons
00:10:26and movement in the neighborhoods of Al-Hasakah city, and patrols
00:10:30have now started to, according to
00:10:33promises, arrest, contain,
00:10:36and eliminate the influence of these
00:10:39undisciplined groups. Even the SDF leadership itself, by the way,
00:10:44people who saw the integrated SDF leaders,
00:10:48they are not happy, and on the contrary, they believe that
00:10:51the Revolutionary Youth poses a threat even to Kurds. Just yesterday,
00:10:55the body of a school teacher, Professor Hassan Al-Kallash,
00:10:59was handed over because he was teaching the government
00:11:02curriculum. He was kidnapped by an outlaw group, tortured,
00:11:06and then his body was handed
00:11:09the Kurdish youth, at least, says that the Revolutionary Youth did this,
00:11:13and this is their method, by the way. So the issue
00:11:16has now become annoying to the Arab and Kurdish streets, that there are
00:11:20armed factions practicing gangsterism in the streets,
00:11:23while the government and the SDF are in a honeymoon period, dividing positions. Well,
00:11:27allow me to transfer this point to Shirwan, because, as we said, there is
00:11:31dissatisfaction, in fact, from at least part of the people of
00:11:34Al-Hasakah regarding the issue of distributing positions that you referred to, Shirwan,
00:11:38that the issue is that whoever had weapons, the SDF,
00:11:41and of course, the central government now, there is a division
00:11:45of positions, while there is marginalization of others
00:11:47and distribution of positions not necessarily based on
00:11:50competence. Some, some of those who took positions may have
00:12:32yes, I also agree with Brother Samer, and I have already, even in joint
00:12:36discussions with you or on Syria TV, yes, the quota system is bad,
00:12:39but for now, I will accept it, that the two
00:12:42armed parties have reached an understanding now, and
00:12:45do not fight over slogans and so on.
00:12:51the end, what the residents or the people or
00:12:55the components in that region need is the living situation first
00:12:58and foremost. Therefore, let them divide the positions.
00:13:01The important thing is the outcome, not the distribution of positions as it was
00:13:05before. Also, I mean, whether in the case of self-administration or what was called
00:13:09"liberated" or even the Salvation Government and the participation of many
00:13:12parties, but we used to find how, I mean, situations here and there
00:13:15used to happen, especially regarding the living situation. Clarification of another point,
00:13:19I mean, regarding what I said about these counter-terrorism forces,
00:13:22I said at the end of my speech and confirmed
00:13:25that they were pampered and close to the Americans, but
00:13:29since Syria as a state has become part of the international
00:13:33coalition to combat terrorism, the relationship has become through
00:13:36Damascus. These matters concern the international coalition, whether we like
00:13:40it or not. Yes, the issue of national sovereignty and such matters,
00:13:43yes, we must consider them, but there are some other points that are a reality,
00:13:47whether in Syria or Iraq, regarding the fight against
00:13:51terrorism and some national military formations that
00:13:54have a special relationship with the international
00:13:58coalition. This is a fact that cannot be denied, even if it
00:14:02may come at the expense of some national matters and so on.
00:14:05As for the armed faction or the Revolutionary
00:14:09Youth Movement, yes, the Kurds suffered from it before the Arabs. I mean, it was basically
00:14:13the iron fist against the Kurdish street. But just
00:14:16for clarification, I mean, Professor Hassan Kalash was kidnapped by
00:14:20criminal terrorists. Until this moment, the matter
00:14:24is under investigation. There is no accused party,
00:14:28but since there are precedents, they can be accused. And we hope
00:14:31that in the near future, the Syrian government
00:14:35as a whole, I mean, they are integrated
00:14:38with each other in a safe street, will
00:14:41reveal investigations that truly
00:14:45reveal the fate of this innocent poor person, otherwise,
00:14:49people have the right to accuse this party because it has
00:14:52precedents. Well, Shirwan, I want to ask you only about the issue of appointments,
00:14:56which is the topic of our episode primarily, between what
00:14:59you said, I mean, the issue of the coalition, the issue of dependence
00:15:02on Damascus, and the issue of what some refer to as a kind of independence
00:15:06for the SDF leaders now. What are the limits of the powers
00:15:08of these people? Well, regarding the powers
00:15:12of these people, as I said, and I mean, only Al-Arabi
00:15:17news. We are awaiting further details
00:15:21based on which the powers will be determined. There are some other matters that
00:15:24reality imposes. I mean, for example,
00:15:28we saw how the governor, his deputy, and the security
00:15:31commander were exposed, for example, to some
00:15:34civilian attacks, of course, not armed
00:15:38attacks, when they visited Ras al-Ain (Serekaniye), and there are some things
00:15:42that happen, I mean, perhaps the governor
00:15:45himself may not have any restrictions on the Shaddadi area,
00:15:48and at the same time, the deputy governor does not have those
00:15:52powers that are appropriate for his position in the
00:15:56Derik area, for example. Unfortunately, we will suffer from these issues
00:15:59for perhaps another year until
00:16:03things become clearer, but as I said,
00:16:06the story of the deceased martyr Hassan
00:16:09Kallash, who was assassinated in a criminal
00:16:13manner days ago, everyone knows the force that controls those
00:16:16areas. But here, most certainly, from an official
00:16:19perspective, we will demand the Syrian government to reveal
00:16:23the investigations. When there are no satisfactory investigations
00:16:26for the public, of course, everyone has the right to accuse the Revolutionary
00:16:30Youth or accuse the SDF itself or accuse the General Security
00:16:33itself, as happened in Kobani prison, as happened with the story of
00:16:38the fighter Sipan, who was kidnapped on the basis
00:16:41that there was a tribal blood feud or a tribal vendetta, and all these matters remain
00:16:45unresolved. All these unresolved matters open up
00:16:48speculations and bad expectations, and some on social
00:16:52media lead the street, Kurds, Arabs,
00:16:55and others, and independents and so on, towards
00:16:58extremist matters whose consequences are not calculated by anyone and are bad for everyone.
00:17:02Go ahead. Well, Samer, what are the criteria adopted for selecting
00:17:06officials in Al-Hasakah? Actually, I mean, these three specifically
00:17:09who were leaders in the SDF
00:17:25we can't know what the criteria are? I mean, there are no criteria
00:17:28of competence? I, I
00:17:32don't think this position is for the SDF,
00:17:36and the SDF provides the appropriate person it wants. Therefore,
00:17:39we saw a great exclusion of the Syriac component, the Kurdish component,
00:17:43and the Arab component from the SDF appointments,
00:17:46its loyalists only. All the directorates that the SDF took now,
00:17:49show me a directorate that the SDF took, or even regional
00:17:53directors from the SDF side, all of them were cadres. I mean,
00:17:56the issue has become clear.
00:18:00the government, they say it's a political agreement to avoid bloodshed. My brother, what
00:18:04does bloodshed have to do with bringing someone whose record is a bit clean?
00:18:07Is it possible that they don't have a good officer with a good record?
00:18:10I mean, this is my question. Is it possible that there's no judge, no good
00:18:14lawyer, no good certificate from the respected Kurdish
00:18:17competencies to take over the Directorate of Education or
00:18:21another directorate? There's a problem, frankly. I'm not objecting, I'll tell
00:18:24you again, no one in the Al-Hasakah street, neither Arabs nor Kurds,
00:18:28objects to having Kurds, Syriacs, Assyrians, Arabs,
00:18:31and members of tribes and cities.
00:18:35bad reputations. I mean,
00:18:37I'm going to bring someone with a bad history and give him a sensitive administration. This is
00:18:41a problem, frankly. And
00:18:44to what extent do the appointments
00:18:48also coincide with the protests that Al-Hasakah witnessed, and therefore, to what extent
00:18:51might they affect? No, no, it's separate. It's separate.
00:18:54Hmm. I mean, frankly,
00:18:58I really saw some activists
00:19:01who felt disappointed that we are demanding the government
00:19:04to impose its sovereignty and authority to get rid of
00:19:09Youth, and they bring us people who perhaps were leading the Revolutionary Youth
00:19:13and appoint them here. These are observations that exist, but the government, as usual, does not
00:19:19is silent. So people, frankly,
00:19:22after the incident of Professor Hassan
00:19:25Kallash and others, people see
00:19:28that the SDF, by the way, the area it controls,
00:19:31I mean, my brother Shirwan said it's an area under SDF control. There is no government in that
00:19:35area. But the government is demanded to take responsibility,
00:19:38and this is also an appeal to the Kurdish youth. I mean, when
00:19:41Sipan was killed
00:19:45in Al-Hasakah, thousands of demonstrations came out demanding
00:19:48revenge for Sipan and to get Sipan's rights,
00:19:52even though the killer was not the government. People were talking about
00:19:56its traces or something. Today, this man was killed. This man is also
00:19:59Kurdish, a civilian, a school teacher, and with a respectable
00:20:03reputation, a decent man, and a politician.
00:20:05How was he killed in cold blood? And when the Revolutionary Youth enter, they say, "No, let's wait for the investigation
00:20:09results." Why? Why don't the people come out
00:20:13and demand to reveal the fate of the man? He was kidnapped for 10 days,
00:20:16and finally his tortured body was handed over. Who is responsible for
00:20:19this? I don't know, frankly. Today, anyway, let's go back to Al-Hasakah city,
00:20:22but Mohammed, it's important, Al-Hasakah city, after
00:20:26Friday's demonstration, perhaps
00:20:29some Kurdish youths have
00:20:31observations about the demonstration. Well, security
00:20:34deals with if anyone violated or photos were released,
00:20:37even though in my opinion, the demonstration was largely
00:20:41peaceful, frankly. Unexpected, to be clear,
00:20:45due to the accumulation of grievances and issues.
00:20:48And the alignments were disciplined to a good extent.
00:20:51But the reaction was that there were armed
00:20:55groups that appeared in the name of the Kurds, and they are the Revolutionary
00:20:58Youth, whom the Kurds disown, of course.
00:21:02And they started to oppress. Yesterday, they arrested the young man and tried to kidnap
00:21:05him. Today, an attempted kidnapping. Today, some residents, such as those in Al-Aziziyah
00:21:09and Al-Nashwa and others, resorted to setting up civilian
00:21:11checkpoints and caught cars with armed men.
00:21:15Today, the state or internal security was forced
00:21:18to issue a statement prohibiting weapons in order to control the movement of the Revolutionary
00:21:22Youth. Mohammed, just to clarify, civilians do not go
00:21:25to the Revolutionary Youth's centers. They patrol in civilian cars and practice
00:21:29thuggery against civilians in the streets, of course, against Kurds and Arabs,
00:21:33but also. But now in Al-Hasakah, the matter is escalating
00:21:36greatly in the Arab neighborhoods, frankly. So today,
00:21:39the internal security is demanded to implement its statement firmly
00:21:43and strictly against, from
00:21:45my side, any armed person you see in the street must be held accountable.
00:21:48But
00:21:58people are heading towards another explosion. I warn that people are heading towards
00:22:02another option, and this is bad. And today's civilian incidents, this is not
00:22:06what we hoped to reach, but there is an inability
00:22:09by the SDF leadership to contain these outlaw
00:22:12groups. Well, and what do you have to do with Ghweiran, Al-Aziziyah,
00:22:16and Al-Nashwa? I mean, a question to Shirwan: will these new appointments of three
00:22:20SDF leaders
00:22:24Al-Hasakah, lead to stability,
00:22:27or perhaps to
00:22:31street? The issue of preserving civil
00:22:34peace is not related to positions, as there is a party,
00:22:38I mean, positions represent parties, parties to the agreement,
00:22:43the security situation. I mean, Professor Samer spoke about the Revolutionary
00:22:47Youth Movement or these young people who commit
00:22:50illegal acts. Yes, this situation exists, and there are other situations
00:22:54even in demonstrations. I mean, there were clear violations that were filmed
00:22:57and published. Yes, I mean, the demonstration had
00:23:01legitimate demands, and most of them were respectful, but the transgressions
00:23:04and slogans
00:23:07just for your information, the weapons, I mean, my dear, since security was present,
00:23:10of course, they wouldn't be able to carry weapons. In Ras al-Ain, some time ago, we saw
00:23:14how the families that returned under government sponsorship,
00:23:17how they were treated, and until this moment,
00:23:21I mean, convoys of 90% of the displaced people from Afrin
00:23:24returned to their areas, but because of the same groups
00:23:28similar to the Revolutionary Youth present in Ras al-Ain, they prevent the return of
00:23:32thousands of displaced Arabs and Kurds to these
00:23:35areas. Clear, 50 returned,
00:23:39250 families returned, Professor Shirwan. Families returned last week, and tomorrow there will be
00:23:43another 250 returning. Yes, yes.
00:23:46Fears still exist. Why, I mean, Afrin, which
00:23:50is 600 kilometers away from the area,
00:23:52and 90% of it returned, but Ras al-Ain itself is part
00:23:56of the governorate, and it's a stone's throw, I mean, as
00:23:59they say, a few kilometers, and until this moment, return is not possible
00:24:03due to the presence of these groups. This situation also
00:24:07exists. Yes, it must be
00:24:08stopped.
00:24:11There are also displaced people in Ras al-Ain. All these
00:24:15are security problems, indeed. And this brings us back to the question of whether
00:24:19the new appointments will bring
00:24:25things to stability or the opposite. No,
00:24:28no, not the opposite, nor will it establish stability. The issue of appointing
00:24:31positions is the legalization of the existing military
00:24:34situation in security positions. I mean, this is their responsibility,
00:24:38which will be, yes,
00:24:43appointing this one and removing that one does not mean that security will be established or
00:24:47that security will go in a bad direction, as much as the situation
00:24:54the region, and not this in this position or in that position. The same problems exist in Al-Hasakah,
00:24:58despite the fact that all the positions
00:25:01Al-Hasakah. In contrast, there are other areas, I mean, from
00:25:05one side, I mean, either from the government's side or from the SDF's side,
00:25:08and there are no problems there. There are no problems in Tal Hamis, and all of them
00:25:12are under government control, and there are no problems in
00:25:15, for example, in Terbespiyeh or Al-Ma'raba to Qamishli
00:25:19also, and almost 100% are under the control of the disbanded
00:25:26party or so on, as much as it needs a political agreement, and Al-Hasakah
00:25:30city specifically, and somewhat Qamishli,
00:25:33I mean, these cities, because of the wide mixture there, I mean here
00:25:36the political mixture also, not the mixture of components, since it
00:25:40is present in the entire governorate, needs reconsideration from
00:25:43the Syrian government, and including, of course, the SDF that
00:25:47integrated. Well, I mean, for example, one of
00:25:50the answers that Samer mentioned is the issue of organizing the Revolutionary
00:25:54Youth now, and they carry
00:25:58weapons. I mean, it's an armed military organization. Now, for example, whoever took over
00:26:01security in the military, is not
00:26:05the director, as Samer said, perhaps a deputy, but he is in military security, for example.
00:26:09Therefore, will he play a role in controlling this organization,
00:26:12for example? I said it's not linked
00:26:16to the person holding the position, as much as it needs a political decision. Can
00:26:19the disbanded SDF control these people and the Syrian government, or
00:26:23not, regardless of the position? I mean, let's appoint you
00:26:27too. Do you have the ability or the decisive decision in this
00:26:31situation? This is the issue.
00:26:35This is, I mean, at the core of his supposed duties, my dear.
00:26:39My dear, yes, yes, at the core of the duties, but as I said
00:26:42to you, there are no second or third-tier officials. They are not
00:26:45the ultimate authorities on such a situation
00:26:49that we have been suffering from for more than 12 years, even when
00:26:52the SDF alone was in control. And some of my friends
00:26:56who discussed with Mr. Mazloum Abdo and so on about
00:27:00the violations that were caused by this organization could not
00:27:03, I mean, I mean,
00:27:06fight this organization that was a burden on themselves, I mean,
00:27:09and not only on civilians and
00:27:12so on. Therefore, the issue, I repeat for the fourth
00:27:16and fifth time, is not related to the new appointments, if
00:27:19the talk about them is confirmed, as much as it is that the Syrian
00:27:23state as a whole must issue a real
00:27:26and not verbal decision regarding the state of arms
00:27:30chaos, whether it is the Revolutionary Youth or others. As an incident,
00:27:34the kidnapping of the fighter
00:27:37on the basis that there was, I mean, there was a tribal tribal for the incident, but
00:27:41he was kidnapped from an area that is completely
00:27:44under the control of the SDF, in an integrated area, meaning
00:27:47joint control, and he was liquidated in an area that is
00:27:51also under the complete control of the Syrian government. All these
00:27:54matters require
00:27:57meaning from the higher authorities, actual decisions, not formal ones. Yes, the decision
00:28:01was issued
00:28:08to confine weapons to the state. Will this weapon actually be used to implement the decision on these people, regardless of whether Qadi, or similar
00:28:11names are present in these positions? Okay, okay, let me ask Samer
00:28:15one last minute now, so that
00:28:19Al-Hasakah is in whose hands? In the government's hands or not? In one minute, please,
00:28:22Samer.
00:28:26Of course, the security file is in the government's hands, meaning the intelligence
00:28:30and security agencies were present before the integration agreement with
00:28:34the SDF, and now some
00:28:37into this file, but the leadership of the file now is,
00:28:40I can tell you, roughly two-thirds to one-third. Now,
00:28:44one-third of those integrated from the SDF
00:28:47and two-thirds of the leaders
00:28:50who were part of the government, including Brigadier General
00:28:55leaders, are now in charge of the military police, military security, and internal
00:28:58security of the government. I mean, in case I mean,
00:29:02yes, yes, the government is not in control, I mean, this is the problem, our problem
00:29:06is with control and sovereignty. Why did people demonstrate? Because today, if
00:29:09the revolutionary youth attacked people, they go to the outpost to complain. The outpost
00:29:13does not have, it's not even active. Public security is not
00:29:16active. It cannot reach all neighborhoods. It cannot reach all cities. This
00:29:20is the problem today. What is required is for the state's umbrella
00:29:24to be in place, whether with those integrated or
00:29:27or with the government as a whole. The matter is sensitive now. I
00:29:31warn. I warn and do not call for any escalation,
00:29:34but the matter has begun to get out of control if it is not
00:29:38addressed, because people have had enough
00:29:41of what is happening. Time is up. Samer Al-Ahmed, journalist and political researcher from Damascus,
00:29:45and Shirwan Ibrahim, writer and journalist from
00:29:47Germany.
00:29:50We continue with you in Syria Today. After the break, we will discuss the legal
00:29:53powers of Ikifaa Company, which is affiliated with the
00:29:56sovereign fund, in managing the lands
00:29:58of absentees.
00:30:18A series of mysterious crimes whose victims were hundreds of
00:30:21Syrians,
00:30:24many of whom were killed by bullets, and in some cases,
00:30:29the head.
00:30:35But who killed these people, and how were they killed, and why
00:30:39were no evidence collected and no