Terrorism, oil and water… Erdogan’s destruction weapons in Syria

Turkey has found in the Syrian crisis since its start in March 2011 an opportunity to meddle in the war-torn country’s affairs and exploit the popular protests that erupted in Syria to its favour.

ANKARA - Turkey has found in the Syrian crisis since its start in March 2011 an opportunity to meddle in the war-torn country’s affairs and exploit the popular protests that erupted in Syria to its favour.

Turkey has worked to penetrate Syria while opening the borders to the displaced Syrians and the Syrian opposition with both its military and civil components, especially the opposition affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafist and extremist currents.

Ankara put all its weight behind the extremist militias and supported extremist Islamic groups designated in the list of terrorist groups, such as the Al-Nusra Front which was considered a branch of the terrorist organization of Al-Qaeda in Syria.  

Al-Nusra Front was following Turkish orders, and was getting both material and media support from Turkey to fight on its behalf in Idlib and other Syrian regions.

Turkish authorities worked to empower terrorist groups and finance them with weapons and facilitate their entry into and out of Syria across the Turkish border. They worked to turn Idlib into a terrorist area under the supervision of Turkish intelligence, which is still wreaking havoc in the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's intelligence services have sought for years to transform the Idlib province into a terrorist hotbed controlled by them under the pretext of fighting the Kurds.

The intelligence services have exploited Idlib to maintain Turkey’s influence in Syria, penetrating through it into the Syrian depth, and threatening the security of other nearby provinces, such as Aleppo, Latakia, Homs and Hama.

In the meantime, Turkey opened its land and air borders to terrorists from all over the world to infiltrate them into Syria in order to fight in the name of jihad alongside The Islamic State group and Al-Nusra. It had other objectives that were later clarified when it exploited these jihadist fighters to pressure their countries, especially those who held European nationalities.

It also stole Syria’s natural resources such as oil Euphrates River’s water by building dams that would cause a humanitarian catastrophe for Syrians.

Erdogan claimed that his country did not care about Syria’s oil, and that it cared for Syrians, which resulted in his dissatisfaction and anger at losing a source of financing terrorism.

He said that his country was the only country that, when looking at Syria, sees people, not oil. He also claimed that when you look at Syria, Turkey is the only country that sees humans and brotherhood ties, not oil or influence.

Last March, Erdogan’s statements revealed his interest in Syrian oil, and exposed the truth about his so-called concern for Syrians and Syria’s territorial integrity when he announced that he had asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to participate in the management of oil fields in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor in a bid to strip of the Syrian Kurds of oil revenues.

“I made the offer to Mr. Putin that if he gives financial support, we can do the construction and through the oil obtained here, we can help destroyed Syria get on its feet,” said Erdogan.

“Instead of terrorists benefiting here, we would have the opportunity to rebuild Syria from the revenues of this [oil field]. This will also show who’s after protecting Syria’s unity and who’s after seizing it,” he added.

Astonishingly, the oil reserves in Syria constitute about two billion barrels and are the largest part is concentrated in Deir Ezzor. Most of the declared oil fields are located near the borders with Iraq and Turkey.

The Omar field is the country’s largest and most famous oil field and it is located in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, in addition to the wells and the fields surrounding it such as the field of Al-Izbah. Most of these oil fields are controlled by the “Syrian Democratic Forces” which are designated by Erdogan as a terrorist organisation.

Erdogan built a solid economic partnership with IS, saying he was the first buyer of oil from the terrorist organization. The Turkish leader was also providing IS fighters with weapons and medical and logistical assistance. He described his son Bilal as the smuggler of IS oil, exporting it from Turkish-controlled areas.

Syrian armed groups cooperating with Ankara cut water to more than 500,000 Syrians in the provinces of Al-Hasakah and the Ras al-Ain via the Aluk station that they control in a bid to sabotage and pressure the Kurds.

Turkey is working to punish and thirst Kurds, in order to push them to put pressure on the autonomous Kurdish administration and turn them against it. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that hundreds of thousands of people in north-eastern Syria were facing an increased risk of catching the new coronavirus due to the interruption of water supplies.

The Turkish government has exploited the coronavirus pandemic to ship weapons under the cover of humanitarian aid to terrorists in Idlib and other areas under Turkish occupation in Syria, such as Afrin and other border areas between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain.

It did not hesitate to commit humanitarian violations and massacres against Syrian civilians in Idlib and Afrin. It systematically worked to empower Turkish militias such as the Sultan Murad Brigade involved in the kidnapping of children and women and blackmailing people in order to force them to bow to Turkish demands.

Terrorism, oil and water… Erdogan’s destruction weapons in Syria

Turkey has found in the Syrian crisis since its start in March 2011 an opportunity to meddle in the war-torn country’s affairs and exploit the popular protests that erupted in Syria to its favour.

 

ANKARA - Turkey has found in the Syrian crisis since its start in March 2011 an opportunity to meddle in the war-torn country’s affairs and exploit the popular protests that erupted in Syria to its favour.

Turkey has worked to penetrate Syria while opening the borders to the displaced Syrians and the Syrian opposition with both its military and civil components, especially the opposition affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafist and extremist currents.

Ankara put all its weight behind the extremist militias and supported extremist Islamic groups designated in the list of terrorist groups, such as the Al-Nusra Front which was considered a branch of the terrorist organization of Al-Qaeda in Syria.  

Al-Nusra Front was following Turkish orders, and was getting both material and media support from Turkey to fight on its behalf in Idlib and other Syrian regions.

Turkish authorities worked to empower terrorist groups and finance them with weapons and facilitate their entry into and out of Syria across the Turkish border. They worked to turn Idlib into a terrorist area under the supervision of Turkish intelligence, which is still wreaking havoc in the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's intelligence services have sought for years to transform the Idlib province into a terrorist hotbed controlled by them under the pretext of fighting the Kurds.

The intelligence services have exploited Idlib to maintain Turkey’s influence in Syria, penetrating through it into the Syrian depth, and threatening the security of other nearby provinces, such as Aleppo, Latakia, Homs and Hama.

In the meantime, Turkey opened its land and air borders to terrorists from all over the world to infiltrate them into Syria in order to fight in the name of jihad alongside The Islamic State group and Al-Nusra. It had other objectives that were later clarified when it exploited these jihadist fighters to pressure their countries, especially those who held European nationalities.

It also stole Syria’s natural resources such as oil Euphrates River’s water by building dams that would cause a humanitarian catastrophe for Syrians.

Erdogan claimed that his country did not care about Syria’s oil, and that it cared for Syrians, which resulted in his dissatisfaction and anger at losing a source of financing terrorism.

He said that his country was the only country that, when looking at Syria, sees people, not oil. He also claimed that when you look at Syria, Turkey is the only country that sees humans and brotherhood ties, not oil or influence.

Last March, Erdogan’s statements revealed his interest in Syrian oil, and exposed the truth about his so-called concern for Syrians and Syria’s territorial integrity when he announced that he had asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to participate in the management of oil fields in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor in a bid to strip of the Syrian Kurds of oil revenues.

“I made the offer to Mr. Putin that if he gives financial support, we can do the construction and through the oil obtained here, we can help destroyed Syria get on its feet,” said Erdogan.

“Instead of terrorists benefiting here, we would have the opportunity to rebuild Syria from the revenues of this [oil field]. This will also show who’s after protecting Syria’s unity and who’s after seizing it,” he added.

Astonishingly, the oil reserves in Syria constitute about two billion barrels and are the largest part is concentrated in Deir Ezzor. Most of the declared oil fields are located near the borders with Iraq and Turkey.

The Omar field is the country’s largest and most famous oil field and it is located in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, in addition to the wells and the fields surrounding it such as the field of Al-Izbah. Most of these oil fields are controlled by the “Syrian Democratic Forces” which are designated by Erdogan as a terrorist organisation.

Erdogan built a solid economic partnership with IS, saying he was the first buyer of oil from the terrorist organization. The Turkish leader was also providing IS fighters with weapons and medical and logistical assistance. He described his son Bilal as the smuggler of IS oil, exporting it from Turkish-controlled areas.

Syrian armed groups cooperating with Ankara cut water to more than 500,000 Syrians in the provinces of Al-Hasakah and the Ras al-Ain via the Aluk station that they control in a bid to sabotage and pressure the Kurds.

Turkey is working to punish and thirst Kurds, in order to push them to put pressure on the autonomous Kurdish administration and turn them against it. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that hundreds of thousands of people in north-eastern Syria were facing an increased risk of catching the new coronavirus due to the interruption of water supplies.

The Turkish government has exploited the coronavirus pandemic to ship weapons under the cover of humanitarian aid to terrorists in Idlib and other areas under Turkish occupation in Syria, such as Afrin and other border areas between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain.

It did not hesitate to commit humanitarian violations and massacres against Syrian civilians in Idlib and Afrin. It systematically worked to empower Turkish militias such as the Sultan Murad Brigade involved in the kidnapping of children and women and blackmailing people in order to force them to bow to Turkish demands.