Turkey names Qatar as its partner in the reconstruction of northern Syria.
In an article, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar commented on the statements of Turkish officials about Qatar and the role and assistance that this country provided in northern Syria, including the construction of houses for Syrian refugees.
This newspaper, which is close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, initially cited field sources about the air attack on the positions of extremist groups in the “Jabal al-Zawaye” area, located near the M4 road (Aleppo to Latakia), and considered it an important development in the past six months. ; In particular, Turkey is waiting for the final date of the quadrilateral meeting of “Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey” to be determined in order to review the draft; A draft that the security and military committees will prepare and prepare to become a road map (if there is a final agreement) to solve the complex problems between Damascus and Ankara.
Dissenting Syrian sources have cited two reasons why Turkish officials have thanked Qatar for its role in working with Ankara to establish resettlement zones for Syrian refugees. According to Al-Akhbar, these sources said that the reason why Qatar is mentioned at this stage; One was the election and it was aimed at assuring Turkish voters that the money for the construction of “brick cities” would not be paid out of their pockets, lest it affect the results that Erdogan wanted from the Turkish elections.
The second reason is that Qatar has a clear desire to return to the Syrian scene after Turkey normalizes relations with Syria.
According to the aforementioned sources, a meeting was recently held in which a group of commanders and heads of armed groups participated in the Rif of Aleppo, and during which the formation of an operation room to deal with the “Tahrir al-Sham” group, or the former Al-Nusra Front group, was discussed. According to Syrian opposition sources, these movements were in line with Turkey’s previous desire to form an organizational structure for opposition groups in order to prevent chaos and prepare areas for the return of Syrian refugees and displaced persons.
