20.07.2025 19:30
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held phone conversations with Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Hasan Şeybani and the U.S. Special Representative for Syria, Tom Barrack. The discussions focused on developments in Syria and assessed the meetings held in Amman regarding the situation in the southern part of the country.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, discussed the developments in Syria during phone conversations with Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Hasan Şeybani and the U.S. Special Representative for Syria, Tom Barrack.
As the ongoing clashes in Syria's Sweida city raise concerns, a critical move has come from Turkey. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has made a series of contacts regarding the clashes.
HE MET WITH CRITICAL FIGURES
Hakan Fidan held phone conversations with Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Hasan Şeybani and the U.S. Special Representative for Syria, Tom Barrack.
During the discussions, the developments in Syria were addressed, and the meetings held in Amman regarding the situation in the south of the country were evaluated.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
Armed clashes began on July 13 between Bedouin Arabs and some Druze groups in Syria's Sweida city. Syrian security forces that intervened were ambushed. The escalating clashes were halted by a ceasefire. However, Druze forces affiliated with Hikmet el-Hecri broke the ceasefire.
The Israeli army struck the Syrian presidential complex, the General Staff, and the Ministry of Defense on July 16.
As the Syrian army withdrew from Sweida, the Hecri group began to displace Bedouin families and carry out executions. Thousands of tribal fighters from outside came to support the Bedouin Arabs.
On July 19, the Syrian administration began to redeploy security forces in Sweida and ensured that Bedouin and tribal fighters left the city. Since July 13, hundreds of armed or civilian individuals have been killed, and the number is estimated to be even higher.