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00:00:35Welcome back. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper said that the government
00:00:39appointed three former leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces
00:00:42was handed over. Most of the news to positions in Al-Hasakah governorate as part of
00:00:45ongoing arrangements to integrate security
00:00:48and military institutions in northeastern Syria into state
00:00:52with Mr. Mazloum Abdo and so on institutions. The newspaper quoted security sources in Al-Hasakah
00:00:55and others close to the SDF as saying that
00:00:58Malik Bashar, known as Haval Damhat, assumed the presidency
00:01:02of General Intelligence in
00:01:03to a quota system, but this Al-Hasakah, while
00:01:05integration is the integration of the SDF with Kaw Derk was appointed head of military security, and
00:01:08Dijwar Amoudeh was tasked with combating
00:01:11terrorism within the General Intelligence apparatus.
00:01:15The appointments came after a visit by a high-ranking
00:01:19towards extremist matters that Syrian security delegation to Al-Hasakah on the seventh of October, headed by
00:01:23the Director of General Intelligence, Abdul Qader Al-Tahan, and accompanied by
00:01:26the Director of Foreign Intelligence, Abdul Rahman
00:01:29Al-Dabbagh. According to the report,
00:01:32of the fighter Seban, also, security positions in the delegation discussed arrangements for taking over
00:01:34and now have become leaders in that Samer and I fight? security branches and prisons in Al-Hasakah
00:01:38unrest in the governorate. disturbances and more
00:01:42the international coalition except Samer Al-Ahmad, journalist
00:01:46and political researcher from Damascus, and Sherwan Ibrahim, writer and journalist from
00:01:51and not that the matter of prohibiting Bochum, Germany, join us. Welcome
00:01:52decisions from to you. Sherwan, how can we interpret the decision
00:01:55to appoint three SDF officials to sensitive security positions
00:01:59in Al-Hasakah? Good evening, my dear Muhammad, and Professor Samer
00:02:02situation exists, and there are other situations, even in and all viewers. The decision that was published only
00:02:05by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed website that spoke about this issue,
00:02:09of course, even before my participation in this
00:02:13program, we made
00:02:16some calls, and there is
00:02:19reason to confirm that these appointments
00:02:23each incident will have its own story. In are likely correct, but until this moment, no official decision has been issued.
00:02:26However, if we assume that this decision
00:02:30is indeed official, then I think the situation is normal
00:02:32some leaders have been integrated into this under the integration agreements between
00:02:35the two parties, especially since there is a quota system in some
00:02:38of these, not some, but in all of these sensitive positions
00:02:42from a security and military perspective.
00:02:46Almost all of these matters usually have the official from one party
00:02:49Marwan and a large number of and the deputy from the other party. Therefore,
00:02:53we are waiting for
00:02:56about the general security situation. Yes, details or official confirmations and also details about
00:03:00the matter. But as I said, until this moment, the situation
00:03:03seems to be part of the integration process that is happening
00:03:06and the distribution of positions between
00:03:09do these appointments coincide with the two parties. There is another point I want to mention, which is that HAT forces,
00:03:13which is an abbreviation for Counter-Terrorism Forces, which
00:03:16was a military formation within the SDF, these forces
00:03:20were and still are directly affiliated with
00:03:24the international coalition forces and the American side, both in terms
00:03:27of salaries and appointments, as well as in terms
00:03:31of military orders and instructions. Therefore, I think it will
00:03:34have a future or or a greater presence, perhaps even in
00:03:38exist, but the government does not other Syrian areas in some
00:03:42Bochum, operations related to combating terrorism, as the American side
00:03:45is the one that controls more specifically
00:03:48the fate of these
00:03:50appointing this one and dismissing this one does forces or this formation in particular. But it
00:03:54is not currently affiliated with the Syrian military
00:03:57and security institution. No, no, under the integration
00:04:02but since there are precedents, and military formation affiliated with the SDF from a public perspective, and the SDF has all integrated
00:04:06or is integrating with Syrian government institutions. But I,
00:04:10just as a special detail, said that this formation in particular
00:04:13is, in common parlance, spoiled by the Americans, let's
00:04:17tribal revenge or something. Today, this
00:04:18reveal the fate of this say, and also trained by the American side. Therefore,
00:04:20the fateful decision also concerns this aspect under the special
00:04:24arrangements of the international coalition to fight terrorism.
00:04:28Um, okay.
00:04:30Syria, and Syria as a member state,
00:04:33not mean that the official is from this meaning, and this issue, I think, has become
00:04:34it practices intimidation linked to Damascus itself, meaning, and as I said,
00:04:37we are waiting for confirmations
00:04:40homes in about these appointments and their details. Samer, what O homes in is the impact of these appointments in the streets of
00:04:44Al-Hasakah?
00:04:47Yes, good evening, Muhammad,
00:04:49to you and Professor Sherwan.
00:04:52Actually, these appointments are normal and expected.
00:04:55There is nothing new
00:04:59some points. One in them, but there is, I think, some misinformation
00:05:01that came from Al-Araby Al-Jadeed
00:05:05regarding the second person, his name might be
00:05:07Kawadirik, because the military security apparatus is already
00:05:11present and led by
00:05:14leader Thair Bilal Abu Omar,
00:05:17who is also from Al-Hasakah. Perhaps this was his deputy,
00:05:21like the leadership of internal security, Brigadier
00:05:23Marwan and Brigadier Siamand, his deputy. So I think
00:05:29to be verified, and Al-Araby Al-Jadeed was hasty in publishing these
00:05:32news.
00:05:34In the end,
00:05:37the position is not clear. You say responsible for military security. No,
00:05:41no, no, the military security leadership,
00:05:47and some of the young men, we know them personally, so I don't think there's anything
00:05:51new.
00:05:54The issue is that people don't really care
00:05:58about appointments. In the end, I haven't seen anyone object to
00:06:01the appointment of Mr. Mazloum Abdo as an advisor to the president, or even
00:06:05Brigadier Siamand, or even the governor. Sir,
00:06:08the issue has gone beyond that, and everyone
00:06:11has realized that this is an integration process, and it's closer
00:06:18the, I mean, within the state, not a state that shares
00:06:21with the SDF. There are some problems among some
00:06:25young people
00:06:28who were close to the SDF. They always used to say that it was a sharing of shares
00:06:32or that the SDF managed the entire governorate and the state had no say
00:06:35in it. This is not realistic. Regarding HAT,
00:06:38I agree with Sherwan that it was the spoiled child of the United
00:06:42States when it was present in Syria. Now the United States
00:06:45is out of Syria, and there is no, to my knowledge, any military
00:06:49faction that receives a salary or financial entitlements from
00:06:55for the official entitlements, as Syria is a member of the coalition,
00:06:58and they go to the Ministry of Defense and Interior, and there is cooperation on the matter,
00:07:02and there is already a counter-terrorism unit in Syria in the Ministry
00:07:05of Interior. So it is not logical, but HAT
00:07:09information indicates that it will be integrated into the Syrian security apparatus. Um.
00:07:13In a certain arrangement, because there is a counterpart to it.
00:07:16I think it is the counter-terrorism unit of the Interior Ministry or even
00:07:20the special tasks of public security. Some elements that meet the conditions can be integrated
00:07:24into it. As for, I'm sorry,
00:07:28but I heard two or three days ago from some
00:07:31Kurdish intellectuals, young people, and friends that HAT is American, HAT is American. So
00:07:35what? What's the problem if HAT is American?
00:07:38We are talking about a national agreement that doesn't have much to do with
00:07:41international repercussions. Today, it is being implemented, and there are no American officers supervising
00:07:45the integration. There are Syrian officials supervising the integration,
00:07:48and things are going smoothly. The integration issue, but let's go back
00:07:52to the street today, Muhammad, people don't
00:07:55care much about the appointment of a leader
00:07:58or so on, but there are voices, frankly, Samer, you usually
00:08:02have a different opinion. Today, you are very
00:08:05welcoming to this
00:08:09idea, but allow me to ask you a question. What
00:08:12some say, whether Arabs or Kurds, is that it happened, and you
00:08:16mentioned that word, and Sherwan perhaps, that there is a quota system, and therefore
00:08:20some say a quota system between the SDF and the central government in Damascus,
00:08:23of course, and the other residents and other parties have no
00:08:27say. They have no share in this
00:08:30quota system.
00:08:32Of course, Muhammad, Muhammad, today even judges
00:08:36were appointed, and the problem
00:08:38is that some
00:08:40think we object to a Kurd in a leadership position in the state,
00:08:44and this is wrong. Today, among the judges, there are Arabs and
00:08:48there are Syriacs who were appointed. Well, some of them are accused
00:08:51of corruption and bad practices over the past years. Well,
00:08:55some of these 11 or 15 ruled that some
00:08:58Syrians were from ISIS and transferred them to Iraq, even though Iraq itself
00:09:02, according to the news, returned more than 200 people whose sentences
00:09:05were wrong. No, the investigation is still ongoing for the rest. Our
00:09:08problem today is not a personal problem with Kurds or
00:09:12Arabs or Syriacs. Our issue is the issue
00:09:16of the state as a state, that positions should be for competencies,
00:09:19and there should be no quota system. I am against the quota system, and I tell you openly,
00:09:23what is happening in Al-Hasakah is a bad quota system,
00:09:25and unfortunately,
00:09:29neither the Kurdish youth are happy nor the Arab youth are happy. But
00:09:33the problem today in Al-Hasakah after the recent demonstrations
00:09:36is that there is an armed faction
00:09:40outside the state and outside the SDF, by the way. I mean, outside
00:09:43the integrated SDF,
00:09:46and terrorism in the streets against civilians. This
00:09:50armed faction must be dealt with. You ask me today what I think
00:09:52about the appointments.
00:09:58Of course, of course, these factions, the state described them as
00:10:02outlaws. Well, how do you think the new appointments
00:10:06will help?
00:10:06I think
00:10:10it's a separate issue. Today, I want to refer
00:10:14to a statement by the Directorate of Internal Security in Al-Hasakah that was issued
00:10:17this afternoon. A very important statement prohibiting carrying
00:10:21weapons and roaming in neighborhoods
00:10:23in Al-Hasakah city, and patrols have started now
00:10:27to, according to the promises, arrest, contain,
00:10:31and eliminate the influence
00:10:33of these unruly groups. Even the SDF
00:10:37leadership itself, I heard from a number of
00:10:42leaders who integrated that they are not
00:10:45happy, and on the contrary, they see that
00:10:49the Revolutionary Youth are a threat even to the Kurds. Just yesterday,
00:10:52the body of a school teacher, Professor Hassan Kallash,
00:10:56was handed over because he was teaching the government
00:11:00curriculum. He was kidnapped by an outlaw group, and
00:11:03tortured, and then his body
00:11:07from the Kurdish youth, at least, say that this Revolutionary Youth did this,
00:11:10and this is their method, by the way. So the
00:11:13issue has now become annoying to the Arab and Kurdish streets, that there are
00:11:17armed factions practicing mafia-like activities in the streets
00:11:20while the government and the SDF are living a honeymoon distributing positions.
00:11:24Okay, allow me to pass this point to Sherwan, because as
00:11:27we said, there is indeed annoyance from at least some
00:11:31of the people of Al-Hasakah regarding the distribution of positions that you mentioned,
00:11:34Sherwan, that the issue is that the SDF held the weapons,
00:11:38and of course, now the central government there
00:11:41is a distribution of positions, but on the other hand, there is marginalization of others
00:11:45and the distribution of positions is not necessarily based on
00:11:48competence. Some of those who took positions may have
00:11:52accusations of committing previous violations.
00:11:55Yes, why are you insisting
00:11:59We are among the few voices that try to understand
00:12:02each other. Anyway, no offense.
00:12:05Regarding the quota system, no, I am just surprised by the excessive
00:12:09calm. The other day, Samer was with us,
00:12:12and he was very agitated. No, it is customary
00:12:16that we understand each other. I mean,
00:12:18one, I mean, we hope, we hope that
00:12:22things will be calm and peaceful and stable, God
00:12:26willing, God willing. Anyway, regarding the bad quota system,
00:12:29yes, I also agree with Brother Samer, and I have said before, even in joint
00:12:33conversations with you or on Syrian TV, yes, the quota system is bad,
00:12:36but temporarily, I will accept it, because, you know,
00:12:40the two armed parties have agreed for now, and they will not fight over
00:12:44slogans and so on. After that,
00:12:48the end, what the residents or the people or
00:12:52the components in that region need is a decent living condition,
00:12:55first and foremost. Therefore, let them share the positions.
00:12:58The important thing is the outcome, not the distribution of positions as it was
00:13:02before, also, whether it was the self-administration or what was
00:13:05called the liberated areas or even the salvation government and the involvement of many parties,
00:13:09but we used to find how incidents here and there used to happen,
00:13:13especially regarding the living conditions. To clarify another point,
00:13:17regarding HAT, I mean, the Counter-Terrorism
00:13:19Forces, I said at the end of my speech and confirmed
00:13:23that it was spoiled and close to the Americans, but since
00:13:27Syria as a state has become part of the international
00:13:30coalition to fight terrorism, the relationship has become through
00:13:34Damascus. These are matters concerning the international coalition, and whether we like
00:13:37it or not, yes, the issue of national sovereignty and such matters,
00:13:41yes, we should consider them, but there are other points that are a reality, whether
00:13:45in Syria or Iraq, regarding combating
00:13:48terrorism and some national military formations that
00:13:51have a special relationship with
00:13:55the international coalition. This is a fact that cannot be denied, even if it
00:13:59might be at the expense of some national matters and so on.
00:14:03As for the armed faction or the Revolutionary Youth
00:14:07Movement, yes, the Kurds suffered from it before the Arabs. I mean, it was basically
00:14:10the striking hand against the Kurdish street. But just
00:14:13as a clarification, Professor Hassan Kallash was kidnapped by
00:14:17criminal terrorists, and until this moment, the matter
00:14:21is still under investigation.
00:14:23There is no accused party,
00:14:27it is possible to accuse them, and we hope
00:14:31that in the near future, the Syrian government
00:14:33as a whole, I mean, integrated with each other in a
00:14:36smooth street, will conduct
00:14:40investigations that indeed
00:14:43poor, innocent person. Otherwise, people have the right
00:14:46to accuse the Revolutionary Youth or accuse the SDF itself
00:14:50طيب شي روان اريد ان اسالك فقط يعني يعني موضوع التعيينات اللي هو موضوع
00:14:53حلقتنا بالدرجهه الاولى بين ما قلت يعني موضوع
00:14:57التحالف موضوع التبعيه لدمشق وموضوع ما يشير
00:15:01اليه البعض انه هناك نوع من الاستقلاليه لقيادات قسد الان ما حدود
00:15:05صلاحيات هؤلاء
00:15:08هلا بخصوص صلاحيات هؤلاء انا كما قلت
00:15:11ويعني فقط موقع العربي الجديد
00:15:14الخبر نحن بانتظار تفاصيل اخرى
00:15:18على اساسها سيتم تحديد الصلاحيات هناك بعض الامور ايضا
00:15:22التي الواقع يقوم بفرضها يعني على سبيل للمثال
00:15:25الحصر وجدنا كيف ان المحافظ ونائبه وقائد
00:15:29الامن تعرضوا مثلا لبعض
00:15:32الهجمات المدنيه طبعا وليست الهجمات
00:15:35المسلحه حينما زاروا راس سريكانيه وهناك بعض الامور التي
00:15:39تحدث يعني ربما السيد المحافظ بذات نفسه
00:15:43قد يعني ما يكون في له موانع على منطقه الشداده بذات
00:15:46الوقت النائب المحافظ لا يجد تلك
00:15:49الصلاحيات التي تليق بمنصبه في منطقه
00:15:53ديرك على سبيل المثال للحسن هذه المواضيع سنعاني منها حتى
00:15:57ربما سنه اخرى يعني لحين يعني
00:16:00بلورت الامور بشكل واضح اكثر ولكن كما قلت يعني
00:16:04قصه ال المرحوم الشهيد حسن
00:16:07كلش الذي يعني تم اغتياله بطريقه اجراميه قبل
00:16:10ايام الجميع يعلم ما هي القوه التي تسيطر على تلك
00:16:13المناطق ولكن
00:16:16الناحيه الرسميه سنطالب الحكومه السوريه بالكشف
00:16:20عن التحقيقات حينما لا توجد تحقيقات يعني مرضيه
00:16:24للشارع طبعا من حق الجميع ان يتهموا الشبيبه الثوريه او
00:16:28or accuse public security
00:16:31itself, as happened in Kobani prison, as happened with
00:16:34the story of the fighter Seban, who was kidnapped. The basis
00:16:38is that there is a tribal blood money or tribal revenge, and all
00:16:41these matters remain pending. All these pending matters open
00:16:45up bad speculations and expectations, and some
00:16:48on social media are leading the street,
00:16:51Kurds, Arabs, and others, and independents, and so on,
00:16:57have dire consequences for everyone and will be bad for everyone. Please, Samer,
00:17:01what are the criteria adopted for selecting officials in Al-Hasakah
00:17:04effectively? I mean, specifically these three
00:17:08who were leaders in the SDF
00:17:12security
00:17:12files?
00:17:16I mean, this question is not for me, Muhammad. You should ask the government. How would
00:17:19I know? I mean,
00:17:23we can't know what the criteria are. I mean, there are no merit-based criteria.
00:17:26It's a quota system.
00:17:28I think
00:17:30this position is the SDF's share, and the SDF
00:17:34presents the right man it wants. That's why we saw
00:17:37a great exclusion of the Syriac component and the Kurdish and Arab
00:17:41components from the SDF appointments, and matters were limited to those
00:17:44loyal to it only. All the directorates that the SDF took now, show
00:17:47me a directorate that the SDF took, or even the directors
00:17:50of the regions who are on the SDF side, all of them were cadres,
00:17:54I mean, the issue has become clear, we don't want to talk about it more, and when we talk
00:17:57to the government, they say it's a political agreement to avoid bloodshed. Brother, what does bloodshed
00:18:01have to do with bringing someone whose history is a bit clean? Is it possible that they don't
00:18:05have a good officer with good practices? I mean, this is my question.
00:18:09Is it possible that there is no judge, no good lawyer, no
00:18:12good certificate from the respected Kurdish competencies to come
00:18:16and take over the Directorate of Education or another directorate? There is a problem,
00:18:19frankly. I am not objecting, I repeat, no one
00:18:23in Al-Hasakah street, neither Arabs nor Kurds, objects
00:18:26to having Kurds, Syriacs, Assyrians, Arabs, tribal people,
00:18:30and city dwellers. No one objects. The objection is to bad
00:18:33practices. I mean, I'm going to bring someone with a bad history and give him a sensitive
00:18:37administration. I mean, this is a problem, frankly.
00:18:39And to what
00:18:42extent
00:18:47the protests that Al-Hasakah witnessed, and therefore to what extent
00:18:50might they affect? No, no, separate,
00:18:52separate.
00:18:55Um, I mean, frankly, I saw that
00:18:58some activists felt disappointed.
00:19:01We are demanding that the government impose its sovereignty
00:19:04and authority so that we can get rid of violations
00:19:08and get rid of the Revolutionary Youth. You bring us people who perhaps
00:19:11were leading the Revolutionary Youth and you appoint them here. These are observations that
00:19:16respond, as usual. The phone is silent, so
00:19:20people have started, to be honest, after the incident of Professor
00:19:23Hassan Kallash and others, people see
00:19:27that the SDF, by the way, the area controlled by it, I mean,
00:19:30my brother Sherwan said it is an area under SDF control. There is no government in that
00:19:34area, but the government is demanded to take its responsibility.
00:19:38And this is also a call to the Kurdish youth. I mean, when
00:19:40Seban was killed in Al-Hasakah, thousands
00:19:44demonstrated demanding revenge for Seban and taking
00:19:47Seban's right, and even though the killer was not the government,
00:19:51people were talking about
00:19:55man was killed, and he was also Kurdish and civilian
00:19:58and a school teacher, and with respected practices. The man
00:20:01is a politician. How was he killed in cold blood, and when
00:20:05you tell them the Revolutionary Youth, they say no. Let's wait for the investigation results.
00:20:08Why? Why doesn't the street come out
00:20:12and demand to reveal the fate of the man who was kidnapped for 10 days, and finally
00:20:15his tortured body was handed over? Who is responsible for
00:20:18this? I don't know, frankly. Today, anyway, let's go back to Al-Hasakah
00:20:22city, but Muhammad, it's important that Al-Hasakah city, after the Friday
00:20:25demonstration, um,
00:20:29perhaps some Kurdish youth have reservations about the demonstration.
00:20:32Well, the security forces deal with if anyone
00:20:35violated or pictures came out, although in my opinion,
00:20:38the demonstration was largely clean, frankly.
00:20:42Unexpected, to be clear, due to
00:20:45the accumulation of grievances and stories and alignments,
00:20:48it was well-behaved to a good extent. But
00:20:52the reaction was that armed groups appeared in the name of
00:20:55the Kurds, and the Revolutionary Youth, the Kurds are innocent of them, of course,
00:20:59and they started to abuse. Yesterday, they arrested a young man and tried to kidnap him.
00:21:02Today, an attempted kidnapping. Today, some residents, like those in Al-Aziziyah
00:21:06and Al-Nashwa and others, resorted to setting up civilian checkpoints
00:21:10and caught cars with armed men in them. Today, the state
00:21:13or internal security was forced to issue a statement prohibiting weapons
00:21:17in order to control the movement of the Revolutionary Youth.
00:21:20To clarify, the Revolutionary Youth civilians do not go to their
00:21:23centers. They patrol in civilian cars and practice
00:21:26thuggery against civilians in the streets, of course, against Kurds and Arabs,
00:21:30but also, but now in Al-Hasakah, the matter is escalating
00:21:33greatly against the Arab neighborhoods, frankly. Well, today
00:21:36internal security demands to implement its statement firmly
00:21:40and strictly towards,
00:21:42from my side, any armed person you see in the street must be held accountable.
00:21:46But the organized armed groups
00:21:49in this way, and those who have political cover, must
00:21:53be dealt with quickly because people are heading
00:21:56towards another explosion. I warn that people are heading
00:21:59towards another option, and this is bad, and today the civilian incidents, this is what
00:22:03we did not want to reach, but there is an inability
00:22:06of the SDF leadership to contain these outlaw
00:22:10groups. What do you have to do with Ghweran and Al-Aziziyah
00:22:13and Al-Nashwa? And Sherwan, will these new appointments of three
00:22:17SDF leaders in
00:22:21Al-Hasakah lead to stability
00:22:25or perhaps to
00:22:28street? The issue of maintaining civil
00:22:32peace is not related to positions, since there is an entity,
00:22:35I mean, the positions represent the parties to the agreement
00:22:41or allowing is for the security situation. Professor Samer spoke about
00:22:44the Revolutionary Youth Movement or these young people who are committing
00:22:48illegal acts. Yes, this
00:22:52demonstrations, I mean, there were clear violations that were photographed
00:22:54and published. Yes, I mean, the demonstration had
00:22:58legitimate demands, and most of them were respectful, but the transgressions
00:23:01and slogans,
00:23:04just for observation, the weapons, my dear, since the security was present,
00:23:07of course, they would not be able to carry weapons. In Ras al-Ain, some time ago, we saw how
00:23:11the families who returned under the auspices of the government,
00:23:15how they were treated, and until this moment,
00:23:18I mean, convoys, I mean, 90% of the displaced people of Afrin
00:23:22returned to their areas, but due to the same groups
00:23:25similar to the Revolutionary Youth in Ras al-Ain,
00:23:28they prevent the return of thousands of displaced Arabs and Kurds
00:23:32to these areas. This is a clear fact.
00:23:34If 250 families returned, Professor
00:23:38Sherwan, families returned last week, and tomorrow another 250 families
00:23:41are returning. Yes, yes, the fears
00:23:45are still present. Why Afrin, which is 600
00:23:48km away from the area, and 90% of its people returned,
00:23:52but Ras al-Ain itself is part of the governorate, and
00:23:55it's just a stone's throw away, as they say, a few kilometers,
00:23:58and until this moment, return is not possible due to the presence of these groups.
00:24:02This situation also exists. Yes,
00:24:05there are also
00:24:09displaced people in Ras al-Ain, all of these are security
00:24:12problems. That's true. And this brings us back to the question: are
00:24:15these new appointments of security
00:24:18officials, will that contribute to controlling
00:24:22things and stability or the opposite? No,
00:24:25not the opposite, nor controlling stability. The issue of appointing
00:24:28positions is the legalization of the existing military situation,
00:24:32but they are in security positions. I mean, this is their responsibility
00:24:35that will be. Yes, it will be their responsibility, but
00:24:40not mean that security will be established or security will go in a bad
00:24:44direction, as much as the situation is linked to the political
00:24:48and military agreement that will impose
00:24:59On the other hand, there are other areas, I mean, from one side,
00:25:03whether from the government side or from the SDF side, and there are no problems
00:25:07in them. There are no problems in Tal Hamis, and all of them are under government
00:25:10control, and there are no problems in, for example,
00:25:13Terpe Spi or Al-Maaraba to Al-Qahtaniyah, also, and almost
00:25:17100% are under the control of the dissolved SDF.
00:25:20It does
00:25:23party or so on, as much as it needs a political agreement, and Al-Hasakah
00:25:27city in particular, and Qamishli, I mean,
00:25:30these cities, due to the wide mix in them, I mean the political
00:25:33mix, not the mix of components, as it is present in the entire governorate,
00:25:37needs a reconsideration from the Syrian government, and
00:25:41among them, of course, the SDF that integrated.
00:25:44There are certainly
00:25:49النقاط احد
00:26:00is in military security, not, yes.
00:26:02The director, as Samer said, is probably a deputy, but he is in military security, for example.
00:26:06Therefore, will he play a role in controlling this organization,
00:26:09for example? I said it is not related
00:26:13to the person holding the position, as much as it needs a political decision.
00:26:17Can the dissolved SDF control these people and the Syrian government
00:26:20or not, regardless of the position? I mean, let's
00:26:23appoint you too. Do you have the ability or the final
00:26:29matter is related to the entity as a whole, and not to
00:26:32this, which is, I mean, at the core of its supposed duties, my dear,
00:26:36my dear, yes, yes, at the core of the duties, but as I told
00:26:39you, these are second and third-tier officials. They are not
00:26:42the ones who have the final say on such a situation that has existed
00:26:46for more than 12 years, even when the SDF alone was in control,
00:26:49and there are some, I mean, my friends who discussed
00:26:55the violations that resulted from this organization, and they
00:26:58could not, I mean, combat this organization, which was
00:27:03a burden on them themselves, I mean, and not only
00:27:06on civilians and so on.
00:27:09Therefore, the issue, I repeat for the fourth
00:27:13and fifth time, is not related to the new positions,
00:27:16if the discussion about them is proven, as much as the Syrian
00:27:20state as a whole must issue a real
00:27:24and not verbal decision about the state of arms chaos,
00:27:27whether the Revolutionary Youth organization or others, resulting
00:27:31from it, such as the abduction
00:27:35it was based, I mean, there was a tribal
00:27:38He was kidnapped from an area that is absolutely
00:27:41under the control of Qasd, an integrated area, meaning joint control,
00:27:45and he was liquidated in an area that is also
00:27:48under the absolute control of the Syrian government. All these
00:27:52matters require
00:27:55higher authorities, real decisions, not formal ones. Yes, the decision
00:27:58was issued to confine weapons to the hands of the state. Will this weapon actually
00:28:02be, meaning, will the decision be applied to these people, regardless
00:28:06of whether your cadres or so on from these
00:28:09names are present in these positions? Okay, let me ask Samer, a final
00:28:13minute. Now, so that the viewer understands, now, the security file in Al-Hasakah
00:28:16is in whose hands? Is it in the government's hands or not? In a minute, just
00:28:20Samer.
00:28:23Of course, the security file is in the hands of the government, meaning the intelligence
00:28:27and security agencies were present before the
00:28:30integration agreement with Qasd. Now,
00:28:34file, but the leadership of the file now is,
00:28:38I can tell you, two-thirds to one-third, approximately. Now,
00:28:41meaning one-third from those integrated from Qasd
00:28:44and two-thirds from the leaders
00:28:47who were part of the government, including Brigadier General
00:28:52leaders now in charge of the military police, military security, and internal
00:28:55security. The government should be asked
00:28:58the government is not in control, meaning this is a problem.
00:29:02Our problem is with control and sovereignty. Why did people go out in demonstrations? Because
00:29:06today, if the quasi-revolutionary forces attack people, they go to the police station to complain,
00:29:10but the police station doesn't even have general security active. It's not
00:29:13active. It can't reach all neighborhoods. It can't reach all
00:29:16cities. This is the problem. Today, what is really
00:29:19needed is for the state's umbrella to be active, whether with
00:29:23the integrated groups or with the government as a whole.
00:29:26The situation is now sensitive. I warn, I warn and do not
00:29:30call for any escalation, but
00:29:33the situation is starting to get out of control if it is not addressed, because people
00:29:37are fed up with what is happening. Time is up. Samer Al-Ahmad,
00:29:40journalist and political researcher from Damascus, and Shirwan Ibrahim, writer and journalist from
00:29:44Germany.
00:29:47We continue with you on Syria Today. After the break, we discuss the legal
00:29:50powers of Ektifa company, affiliated with the sovereign
00:29:54fund, in managing the lands
00:29:55of absentees.