Could the Sweida Conflict Spread Further?

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00:00How likely is this to spread beyond the Sweda region?

00:03350 people reportedly killed,

00:05United Nations holding these emergency meetings

00:07that we're hearing so much about.

00:09How far could this really go?

00:10It already has spread, and it's spreading, you know,

00:14towards the east and towards the west.

00:18And, you know, the idea here is for Israel

00:20to create areas that are outside

00:25of the Syrian government's control

00:26and maybe even connect to the Kurdish areas

00:29currently controlled by the SDF.

00:32It's creating a destabilization

00:34where sects are allowed to rule and control areas

00:38based on ethnic background or religious affiliation

00:43rather than state government control.

00:45Israel's trying to keep Syria in the Stone Ages

00:48rather than to allow it to be a modern nation state

00:51with many ethnicities, with many religions,

00:53where the state defines a unified role for the people.

00:59Do you think there's a political risk

01:01for President Ahmad al-Sharrah in making this move?

01:05Is this going to cost him some credibility?

01:07Or do you think it actually could boost his standing

01:09with some of the minority groups?

01:11It clearly boosts his standing among Syrians

01:15because as much as Syrians are upset

01:18at what is occurring,

01:20they understand Israel has already

01:22completely destroyed Syria's air force.

01:25We have no ability to fight Israel.

01:28There's no argument about that.

01:30And no Syrian wants continued fighting.

01:33In fact, Syria has gone through extensive efforts

01:36to try to create a normalization

01:39to whatever degree that could be possible

01:41with Israel through its meetings in Baku,

01:44Azerbaijan, through Turkish mediation,

01:49through Saudi Arabia's efforts,

01:50through the United States,

01:52through Tom Barak's efforts.

01:54Syria has done everything possible

01:55to de-escalate the situation.

01:58On the world stage,

02:00most of Europe and the United States

02:02back this Syrian government

02:04and understand that the only hope for stability

02:07in the region is Ahmad al-Sharrah

02:10and the new Syrian government.

02:11So they don't support what Israel is doing

02:14and they now see Israel as the instigator,

02:17the belligerent creating the violence,

02:19the political vacuum,

02:21the instability in the region.

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