Turkey changes color; The Taliban is a better role model than the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar wrote in a note that after 10 years of the Syrian war, Turkey seeks to change its equation and use the Taliban model in northern Syria and partially eliminate the Brotherhood approach in Damascus opposition groups.
For more than a few months now, there have been numerous reports and reports about Ankara’s attempt to restrict the Muslim Brotherhood from suspending its members in Turkey to expelling a number of them from the country, and many analysts see Ankara as a concession to Cairo for They describe the improvement in the level of its relations with Egypt. But it seems that Ankara is generally looking to change its attitude towards the Brotherhood.
Turkey’s attempt to change and reform the political structure of the Damascus opposition
“Turkey is making a series of changes in the political structure of the Syrian opposition and its ground forces in the areas under its control in Syria, with the benefit of Drawing on the experiences of the last ten years of the Syrian war on the one hand and international change on the other. “In light of the above, a clear approach is being taken to the ultimate goal of these developments, which is very close to the Taliban model and far from Turkey’s goals, the most important of which is to support the Muslim Brotherhood.”
The author goes on to explain: “Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the US withdrawal from the country, the model created by this movement has been the enthusiasm of extremist movements in Syria under the leadership of Al-Sham and other groups. Related to the Muslim Brotherhood in northern Syria. “In such an atmosphere, Turkey’s vision of how to reproduce and reproduce this experience and modify it in line with the characteristics of Syria and its complex network of relations was crystallized.”
Accordingly, it became clear that over time and with the change of interest network, Ankara shifted from the story of the Brotherhood’s representation to opposition political organizations, of which the “Syrian National Coalition” is the most prominent, and after a series of talks, from one ” “The new reform program” revealed the inclusion of Brotherhood figures in the coalition and the replacement of secularists and other currents associated with armed groups in the field in search of a balanced representation of this spectrum. “
