arabic → English transcript

Hello and good evening, and thank you for this interview. Here in the studio we discussed the real war currently being waged on Syrian soil between Israel and Turkey.

First, good evening to you and your esteemed viewers, and thank you for giving me this opportunity.

In fact, up to this moment there is no sustained military confrontation between Turkey and Israel, but there is a struggle for hearts and minds in Syria.

Israel is seeking peace in Syria — security, safety, and stability — so that the October 7 operation is not repeated.

Meanwhile, Turkey is trying to control Syria and to undermine security and stability there through radical Islamic extremist terrorist groups.

Turkey is seeking chaos and has supported it in Syria, and has used Syrian refugees, Syrian geography, and the country’s infrastructure.

The Turkish regime today has become a threat to Syrians, to the region, and to Israel.

We Syrians, the communities in Syria, saw how Israel was able, bravely, to protect the communities — foremost the Druze sect — from the massacres carried out by lawless militias that were directly supported.

This was manifested politically and militarily by the Turkish regime as part of Turkey’s effort to control Syrian territory.

Unfortunately, Turkey plays a very negative role in the region.

The question is: this negative role — what is Erdogan’s real ultimate goal? An Ottoman empire, an Islamic state, a Muslim Brotherhood state — what is it?

Erdogan’s ambitions are very great at the expense of the peoples of the region and the states of the region, including also Israel and the communities in Syria.

He is trying to restore Ottoman influence and control over this strategic region.

It is the lifeline of the world, linking the continents together, and most overland and maritime routes pass through this region.

Erdogan wants to control this region through terrorists, extremists, and Salafis by supporting them.

So that this region becomes a trump card in Erdoğan's hand.

and at the expense of the peoples and states in the region.

Professor Mohammad, welcome to our program.

I want to ask you a question about Erdoğan and the Kurds.

What is your opinion? Is there an agreement with the Autonomous Administration in Syria?

Will there be an agreement between them?

We know that the Middle East is going through a sensitive and decisive phase.

Turkey is in one of its weakest states.

Turkey is trying to find a card for itself that creates a new kind of dilemma at the expense of the Kurdish people, the Kurdish political movements, and the Kurdish people's future.

The Autonomous Administration's response was clear and frank.

They cannot relinquish the interests of their people.

They will not repeat past mistakes that a regime like Erdoğan could exploit.

these mistakes and create a new kind of dilemma.

Turkey has designs on Syrian territory.

It does not want to reach an agreement with the Autonomous Administration or the Kurds.

Rather, it wants to wipe them out.

And the Kurds were clear and frank.

In a statement by its overall commander, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, General Mazloum Kobani.

We do not want to pose a threat to anyone, and we do not pose a threat to anyone.

We accept those who unite with us; we do not look only at their interest — unity for the sake of interest.

And we do not pose a threat to anyone, including all the countries neighboring Syria.

We want to open a new page with the countries of the region, even Israel.

and the components and peoples in Syria, especially the Autonomous Administration and its wise leadership.

With awareness and against extremism, and with wise policy; they do not want to be sacrifices to dreams beyond Syria's borders.

and to pay the price for the terrorists and for the Syrian forces.

We wish you, first of all, independence, and God willing your just causes will be realized.

to be realized on the ground as a state and independence.

Thank you, Ahmed Muslim, the Kurdish expert, for participating in our program.