Afrinpost – Special
Yesterday, pictures and videos showed pictures of the public appearance of ISIS militants for the first time since the last battle in Al-Baghouz, its last stronghold on 3/23/2019. This took place during a demonstration that took place on Saturday, in Ras Al-Ain / Sere Kaniye, to denounce Macron’s recent statements about Islam and freedom of expression, and chants of “ISIS” and “al-Nusra” were raised at the demonstration, and jihadist slogans and chants were chanted.
The videos and images received from the demonstration in the city of Ras al-Ain document hundreds of supposed demonstrations against the recent statements of French President Emmanuel Macron. They raised the black flags and the flags of “ISIS” and “Al-Nusra” and chanted the slogan “Muhammad’s army will return.” “They called for revenge. And the demonstration interspersed the ritual burning of the French flag.
A faint statement from the “interim government” of a false reality
Since it is not possible to ignore what happened in Ras al-Ain, which is occupied by the Turkish forces with the militias loyal to them, the so-called Ministry of Defense in the “Syrian Interim Government” was forced to issue a statement condemning what happened, claiming that “some persons” had exploited the demonstrations in the liberated town of Ras al-Ain to raise “the terrorist organization ISIS” flag and that it would never be lenient in taking legal measures against those who carried out this act, and it denied any relationship to the so-called National Army members with any statements containing phrases or letters favoring the terrorist organizations. It is noticeable that the phrase “some persons” is broadly interpreted, and it implies referring the issue to unknown persons in a case known to whom the beneficiary is known, what goals it serves and in what circumstances it emerged.
The statement came to cover the demonstration, which passed peacefully, and was not interspersed with a shooting incident of any kind, except for bullets fired by the demonstrators themselves. On the other hand, the city of Ras al-Ain itself witnessed waves of violence and fighting between factions even though it is part of one institution called “ The National Army “is supposed to be subject to one reference, while armed elements emerge that Ankara claims it is fighting them, and the matter ends with a faint statement and questionable news about the arrest of some of the participants in the demonstration, to confirm the credibility of the statement, while the perpetrators of“ ISIS ”are militia members themselves and lead each other.
Ankara has reformulated ISIS
Media and news reports confirmed that hundreds of “ISIS” elements headed to Turkish territory during the Syrian Democratic Forces’ battles against it, and there they were reformulated and included in the National Army militia.
In other words, “ISIS” itself is in the past, and perhaps its continuation has become a burden on Ankara, which supported it and opened its borders, except that it uses a scarecrow to scare others with it, and what the “National Army militia” is doing in all the areas occupied by Turkey is an embodiment of the alternative organization The operation called “Euphrates Shield” was an opportunity for ISIS elements to join the militias supported by Ankara, and for this reason, the battle of Jarablus on 8/24/2016 only took hours, during which the “ISIS” militants moved the rifle from one shoulder to another. The city of al-Bab. These themselves and others took part in the aggression against Afrin in the operation called “Olive Branch,” such as the leader of the “Hamzat” militia, called “Saif Abu Bakr Bolad,” who was a governor by “ISIS” of the city of al-Bab. The operation called “Peace Spring”, which began on October 9, 2019, actually aimed to create an opportunity for ISIS elements to escape, by bombing prisons and booby-trapping operations near them. The operation came after the last message sent by the leader of “ISIS” calling for the release of the detainees from its members. . The killing of al-Baghdadi on October 27, 2019 in the Turkish enclave in the town of Barisha, close to the Turkish border, came as confirmation that he was only safe under Turkish protection.
Blackmail message and avoid an upcoming scene
Ankara is working according to a pre-emptive policy. After demonstrations in Idlib denouncing its policy and raising slogans that express feelings of letdown after the evacuation of the observation point in Morek, which is likely to be followed by the evacuation of other points, the first indications of rejection feelings were felt, and that the next scene is towards further escalation and Turkish flags and pictures of Erdogan will be burned, so it preempted and instructed its loyalists to create the scene of burning the French flag and pictures of President Macron, and it would get free victory in its causes and tools.
With the participation of hundreds of armed elements, it is not possible for a demonstration of this size except with prior organization, to be a message that Ankara uses, and in its direct objectives it wants to undermine all the achievements that have been made in the war against terrorism, and at the same time to send clear blackmail messages to the West whose content is a threat that many terrorist elements are still remaining under our control and can be exported.
What happened in Ras al-Ain / Sere Kaniye is part of a free battle that Ankara is waging by moving its arms, and accumulating a balance that it lost as a result of its involvement in the region’s files, the last of which was the shipment of Syrian mercenaries to Azerbaijan, and to confront the boycott campaign for its products.
Ras Al-Ain / Sere Kaniye
