The editor of the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar, close to Hezbollah, Ibrahim Al Amin, claims in his column today (Friday) that the representatives of the new regime in Syria conveyed a message to the representatives of the Palestinian factions active in Syria that they would have to surrender their weapons.
Under Assad, representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad used to train and find shelter in Syria. According to El Amin, the representatives of the rebels made it clear that they are interested in a policy of “neutrality” towards Israel and will not accept any armed activity by Palestinians against it from Syrian territory.
“Syria’s new “liberals” are heralding a phase of “cold normalization”. Although they are not talking about establishing relations with Israel, they are talking about practical steps on the part of the new regime that prevent any existing or potential resistance against Israel from Syrian territory,” it says. “The first indication of this trend is represented by the decision given by Tahrir al-Sham to the representatives of the Palestinian factions present in Syria, that there will be no more weapons, training camps or military headquarters for the Palestinian factions, and that the factions must disband their military formations as soon as possible, in exchange for political work and charity under a beam The roof of the new Syrian state”.
“The practical result of this step is that the Palestinians are prohibited from using Syria as a headquarters or a corridor for any activity against the Israeli enemy. This is a step that will soon continue in Lebanon, where the project to end the Palestinian camps comes out of the drawers, in preparation not for the disbandment of the military forces, but for their settlement in Lebanon,” it said.