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Written by Damir Nazarov
While the foreign jihadists of the Tahrir al-Sham regime continue to carry out a quiet genocide of Alawites on the coast, impose their Puritanical laws on Christians, and their leader hopes for recognition from the United States and the Zionists, China, in its unique style, is gradually beginning to settle in the “new Syria”.
It recently became clear that the Chinese are behind the French shipping giant CMA CGM, which has settled in Latakia. Italian journalist and former militant of the Kurdish YPG forces, Karim Franceschi, described what was happening as follows: “Beijing doesn’t build ports just to move goods, it builds them to move power. Latakia is now part of China’s expanding global port network; designed for win-win development, military reach, political leverage, and surveillance”.
The Italian’s anti-Chinese rhetoric, of course, does not reflect the real mood within the SDF regarding Beijing’s plans. After all, the parties agree that “the new Syria must be inclusive and free of terrorist structures.” Moreover, the YPG leadership realizes that the American withdrawal is a matter of time, and Beijing can fill the resulting vacuum, and therefore the main Kurdish political force is aware of the new realities.
In this context, the activity of the Alawite community is interesting, which has already created a number of religious and political organizations to represent its community on the Syrian and international platforms. The main goal of the Alawites of the coast is to achieve self-government with a formal connection with Damascus, where, according to rumors, Rami Makhlouf (Bashar al-Assad’s cousin) will become the head of the united political party of the Alawites of the coast. Makhlouf himself announced in mid-May that there was a “comprehensive regional management plan covering military, economic and social aspects. The plan is aimed at providing decent jobs for young people and launching industrial, agricultural and tourism projects that will revitalize the region.”
Fearing the Alawite plan, the Turks spread information through their media about their alleged readiness to create their “first naval and air force bases in Syria” as part of the fight against terrorism. In fact, Ankara is worried about the decentralization of Syria and the beginning of coordination within the Kurds-Alawites-Druze triangle, another concern is related to possible French intervention in the areas of Alawites and Kurds, under the slogan of “protecting minorities”. Another reason lies in the banal competition between Erdogan and the Alawite elite for a key place in the alliance with the Chinese in the governance of Latakia. Judging by the nervous reaction of the Turkish media to the political activity of the Syrian Alawites, Erdogan is still losing the race for control of the seaport.
Returning to the topic of Chinese business activity in Syria, we learn that China has obtained strategic investment rights in the Hassia and Adra regions. According to China’s key tactic on the Silk Road in the Middle East, any Chinese economic activity in the Sunni region must be protected by the Turkish military presence. This explains Turkey’s desire to seize the former Assad government military base T4 in Homs to prevent the emergence of Takfiri militants (ISIS, Al-Qaeda) and other types of insurgency that would hinder Chinese projects. Sino-Turkish activity also explains the reasons for the discontent of Zionism in Syria, which is determined to implement the plan to implement the “Indian Economic Corridor”. “Israel” has even stopped its hostile rhetoric against the jihadists in Syria and is ready to cooperate with them in the framework of the plan to create a “new Middle East”.
The situation with Alawite activity and Turkish expansion is unique, because it is an indicator of how for the first time on even a small piece of land in Syria, the antagonists are competing with each other for the right to be the favorite in Chinese projects. What is unique here is that the US is no longer the favorite and does not influence the situation.
But even with American influence waning, Syria still faces a series of spectacular conflicts, with all sides determined.
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