Public outrage against Turkey’s reconciliation with Syria persists in Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Dozens of residents protested, Saturday evening, in the city of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo against recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that aimed at bringing the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition together.
Cavusoglu, in press statements, revealed that he had short chat with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad.
The Turkish minister called for reconciliation between the Syrian government and the opposition to fulfill “permanent peace” as he claimed.
On July 27, Cavusoglu said that his country would provide all kinds of political support to the Syrian government in terms of fighting “terrorism.”
Earlier on April 20, Cavusoglu hinted at the possibility of security talks with the Syrian government. However, the Syrian government denied such cooperation saying, “There can be no cooperation in the fight against terrorism with a terrorist regime that supports, trains and spreads terrorism in the region and the world,” state-run news agency SANA, said on April 22.
These statements sparked calls from Syrian activists to stage protests and stand against them.
An exclusive source told North Press that the protesters in Marea denounced “Turkey’s recent policy for rapprochement with the Syrian regime.”
Massive number of protesters came from the town of Sawran to Marea to join the demonstrations, the source added.
Over the past two days, cities and towns under the control of the Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions, also known as The Syrian National Army (SNA), in the countryside of both Aleppo and Idlib witnessed mass protests, refusing as well as denouncing attempts of normalizing ties with the Syrian government.
Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced, Saturday, that they had arrested two young men involved in burning the Turkish flag, during protests in the city of Azaz north of Aleppo.