Powers must stop supporting militants in Syria: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Navid Nasr, a political analyst in Zagreb, to discuss the infighting among the anti-government extremist groups in Syria.
What follows is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: Well, what is your take? What is exactly going on? Because we continually see this type of infighting between the terrorists and now once again in northern Syria we are seeing the same o’ same o’. So give me your perspective on what is going o this time around.
Nasr: What is going on this time around really is no different than what has been going on for the past three or four years since the armed conflict really heated up in Syria. Basically, it is no different than gang wars. Groups battling it out over turf, territory, loot, and Turkish-Syrian border is where all of that comes into Syria – the arms, the funds, all of it comes in from there.
So, having not just access but having control over key border crossings, having control over most of the Syrian-Turkish border, those are hugely important things for all of these groups, which is why they continuously battle it out for control of that region.
Press TV: At the end of the day, what is it going to take to stop all of the madness? Because on the one hand, we see the United States now to the Turks all saying that they are against Daesh, that they are fighting against Daesh. On the other hand, a lot of times, what we see on the ground is something else. So what is it going to take to bring this to an end?
Nasr: There is just a few really actually simple things that it will take. The fact that it has not happened yet shows the lack of seriousness with regards to the major powers involved when they talk about wanting peace for Syria or wanting a just, equitable solution for Syria. Simple things – stop the flow of arms, stop the flow of money, and stop the flow of fighters. These are the things that are fairly easy to do for all of these countries if they actually, genuinely want and desire to do it.
The problem is they do not; and as long as those things continue to happen, the conflict will continue. The Syrian government itself is relatively powerless to stop those things – the flow of arms, the flow of money, the flow of other logistical aid to the “rebels” and it is also powerless to prevent people coming from Turkey or Jordan or wherever into Syria. So, it needs the help of these other countries that are purportedly fighting Daesh now. It has not happened yet.
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