"New Defense Minister in Syria Signals Operation Against PKK/YPG"

The Minister of Defense of the Syrian Interim Government, Hasan El Hamada, signaled an operation against the terrorist organization PKK/YPG, which continues to exist in eastern Syria.

"PKK IS A POISONOUS DAGGER ON THE BACK OF THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION"

Hamada stated in a post on his social media account, "The terrorist PKK party has been a poisonous dagger on the back of the Syrian revolution in recent years, and today it is also a dagger for Syria. There are widespread public demands for the liberation from the terrorist PKK party, which has been raised in Assad's school of crime, in the eastern provinces of Syria."

"SYRIA WILL NOT ACHIEVE SECURITY UNLESS SEPARATIST PROJECTS ARE ELIMINATED"

Hamada said, "As long as we do not eliminate the separatist projects of these individuals, free Syria will not achieve security."

GOLANI HAD ALSO SIGNALLED

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also stated in an interview with Syrian television that the Syrian Ministry of Defense would disband all armed groups and that all weapons would be under the authority of the Syrian state.