The West should not aid this new regime. But the European Union almost certainly will anyway.
“Wanted Turkish al-Qaeda terrorist promoted to brigadier general in restructured Syrian army,” by Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor, January 13, 2025:
A Turkish al-Qaeda operative, previously used as an asset by Turkish intelligence agency MIT to influence the Syrian civil war, has been appointed as a general in the newly restructured Syrian army following last month’s takeover of Damascus by the jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies.
Ömer Çiftçi, known by his nom de guerre Muhtar Turk or Mukhtar al-Turki, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the Syrian army, announced by the Ministry of Defense’s General Military Command on December 28 in Resolution No. 8, which elevated five senior jihadist figures to this rank.
Çiftçi was granted Syrian citizenship and listed in the resolution under the name of Umar Mohammed Jaftashi, with the General Military Command justifying the promotions as crucial for safeguarding religion and the homeland.
This 45-year-old Turkish jihadist, born in Turkey’s Osmaniye province, began his militant career in Afghanistan in 2004 and has since become a key enabler of HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) in the Syrian conflict.
He was wanted in Turkey due to his affiliation with al-Qaeda and is the subject of ongoing criminal investigations. The Turkish Interior Ministry listed him in the highest-priority “red category” on its most-wanted list, displaying his name and photo and offering a reward for information leading to his arrest….
libertyORdeath says
He’ll be removed from the terror watch list by the end of the week.
The whitewashing of terrorism continues.
Billy says
The West or ANY NON-MUSLIM SHOULD NOT provide money or funding to ANY Muslim government, organization, or individual because Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST IDEOLOGY AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION(Quran 8:12; 9:29, 111; 49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Organization of discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam is a Terrorist Criminal Enterprise. The FRUIT of Islam is WAR, terrorism, discrimination, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, and its Schools. Furthermore, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam as Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and declared to be a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims.
Islam promotes a terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Allah promises Heavenly Paradise to Muslims for acts of Muslim killing in a terrorist war when Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”
Islam champions Muslim acts of slaughter against Non-Muslims for not becoming Muslims as Allah in Qur’an 8:12 says, “When your lord revealed to the angels: ‘I am with you so make firm those who believed[Muslims]. I will cast a terror into the hearts of those who became infidels[Non-Muslims]. So strike above their necks(decapitation), and strike off(chop off) every finger from them.’”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I do not believe that he is really wanted by Ankara: it’s more like he’s their asset in Damascus. If Ankara really wanted him they would have forced HTS to part w/ him
Brenrod says
Exactly, more taqiyya
gravenimage says
So true, Infidel.
gravenimage says
Wanted al-Qaeda jihad terrorist promoted to brigadier general in Syrian army
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Well, Al Qaeda–and ISIS, and Tahrir al-Shams and other Jihad terror groups–were all prominent among the rebels in Syria, so this scarcely surprises.
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The West should not aid this new regime. But the European Union almost certainly will anyway.
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Grimly true.