Another visit to Bashar Assad. This time, a delegation Hamas He travelled Syria for the first time in ten years. Two senior officials of the Palestinian militant group staged the attack. resumption of relations After Palestinians supported the opposition uprising against the Syrian dictator. Hamas landed in Damascus on Wednesday, after traveling to Algiers to resolve its discord with its Palestinian rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Fatah movement.
“I hope we will turn the previous page and look to the future,” said Khalil al Hayah, who is in charge of Hamas’ Arab and Islamic Relations Office in Damascus. Al Hayah, along with other representatives of various Palestinian groups, showed his enthusiasm for this reconciliation at this meeting.tremendous day“After meeting with Assad, Syria expressed the interests of the president”Syrian support for Palestinian resistanceHe also insisted that Hamas oppose “any US or Zionist aggression against Syria”.
Despite historical alliances, Hamas broke with the Assad regime early in the conflict. For years, the Palestinian group maintained a political base in Syria that supported militants in their campaigns against Israel. Hamas’ strong leadership remained in Damascus even when the group seized power in the Gaza Strip in 2007. The Syrian civil war and the violence that Assad inflicted on his citizens caused Syria to be broken.. Most of the opposition that emerged were Sunni Muslims, like Hamas. It was difficult to support someone like Assad, who belongs to the minority Shiite sect of the Alawites, while he was slaughtering the civilian population. Protests against Assad’s violence across the region said goodbye.
resistance axis
Thus, Hamas bid farewell to the resistance axis consisting of Iran, Syria and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah. It has been Iran and Hezbollah, Assad’s key allies, who have mediated for months to re-establish relations. In September, Hamas announced its intention to restart relations with Syria. to serve the interests and legitimate aims of our peopleespecially in the light of Palestinian causes, regional and international developments”.
These advances are rather setbacks for Hamas as Israel re-establishes relations with Turkey, despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pro-Palestinian messages. By contrast, many Arab countries, such as the Emirates or Bahrain, normalized relations with Hamas’ archenemy two years ago.
Allies for Iran
Tehran is interested in re-establishing this axis as it has no allies. Talks with world powers about their nuclear programs have been stalled, and the Ayatollahs need support at a time of social tension and protests in their countries. During this decade, neither Iran nor Hezbollah left Assad, nor did they leave Hamas. Although the Syrian dictator wanted this rapprochement, he made it clear. reconciliation with Hamas’ “resistance arm”.
They will not be affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood faction, a clear reference to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who was in Damascus until 2012, the government-friendly Al Watan newspaper reported. He is in Qatar, where he led the militia for another five years before current political boss Ismail Haniyeh took power. Behind Meshal, Hamas offices in the Syrian capital were closed. It remains to be seen how long it will take to open now.