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With Qatari Directions... Suspicious Openness Toward Tehran From Ministers of the Interim Damascus Government
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These movements point to a Qatari-Iranian scheme to infiltrate the Syrian scene, which reinforces concerns about the future independence of Syrian decision-making from foreign influence
Syrian media sources discussed Qatari intelligence directives to open up to the Iranian side and personalities affiliated with the former regime in Syria, in what appears to be an attempt to rearrange the Syrian scene according to specific regional interests.
Photos published from a meeting at a person called Al-Marsoumi showed the presence of journalist Mahmoud Al-Zaibaq, Jamal Al-Shara', and poet Muhammad Yasin Saleh, who holds the position of Minister of Culture in the Syrian Interim Caretaker Government, which raises deep questions about the nature of these meetings and their political backgrounds.
This coincided with a visit that sparked widespread controversy by Culture Minister Muhammad Saleh to the shrine of Sayyida Zainab and the tomb of Scholar Mohsen Al-Amin, accompanied by Sheikh Adham Al-Khatib and a delegation of notables from the Sayyida Zainab area, on the occasion of Evacuation Day. Observers considered this an exploitation of Syrian national occasions to pass sectarian agendas.
This visit raised surprise among many, as Syrian citizens questioned the relationship of the so-called Mohsen Al-Amin to Syria's independence and Evacuation Day, considering that the orientation toward Shiite shrines represents a dangerous deviation from the Syrian national path.
Political analysts view these movements as a step in the context of attempts to impose the model of governance that prevailed during the former regime, which led to the concentration of all the country's capabilities in the hands of a limited group.
Experts warn of the dangers of growing Iranian influence on the Syrian scene, especially in light of indications of appealing to personalities affiliated with the current government, pointing out that this contradicts the aspirations of the Syrian people toward a truly independent sovereign state free from external interventions.
