The Idlib region, however, is already densely populated by Assad’s opponents, not just jihadists, and the sudden arrival of Syrians from Lebanon breaks the egg in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s basket.
The number of Syrian refugees fleeing Lebanon in an attempt to find safety in their native country that they left during these 13 years of war between the regime in Damascus and jihadist groups now entrenched in the Idlib region is increasing day by day. Most of the refugees had headed for Turkey and the Land of the Cedars, about 1 million, despite knowing that they could not enjoy any rights in the “host” countries, especially Lebanon, including currently accessing government shelters to survived the bombs of the Jewish state.
After Israel’s offensive in Beirut in recent days, thousands of Syrians are already arriving in the north of Syria, i.e. in the areas occupied and controlled by Turkey, especially in the jihadist stronghold of Idlib. This is a problem for Ankara, which for years has used the issue of hosting and thus returning millions of Syrian refugees scattered across Turkey to subvert the demographics of northern Syria, which until now consisted mainly of Kurds and opponents. of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
The Idlib region, however, is already densely populated by Assad’s opponents, not just jihadists, and the sudden arrival of Syrians from Lebanon breaks the egg in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s basket. Moreover, for several years the “Sultan” has been trying to find a point of agreement with his former friend Assad to return the refugees to Syria since the Turks no longer want them. The intolerance of Turkish citizens towards Syrian refugees has increased in parallel with the economic crisis: refugees. This is why the socio-political climate in Turkey is very tense.