The fighting that began between the Druze of Sweida in southwestern Syria and the Bedouins on July 13th quickly turned into a blood bath and attempted genocide by Syrian regime forces, which are essentially HTS terrorists with nicer uniforms.
As the violence raged and it was clear regime forces were engaged in genocidal behavior with reports of executions, rapes, and ethnic cleansing, Israel acted and began to take out Syrian regime tanks, convoys, and even Syria’s Military Headquarters in Damascus.
Despite ceasefires, Bedouin tribes along with regime forces disguised to fit alongside of them reassembled and made there way into Sweida and continued to rape and massacre Druze. Israel was forced to issue a redline and demanded the fighting stop within 48 hours or the IDF would enter. Syrian President Ahmed al-Shaara (aka Jolani) ordered his forced to keep the Bedouin tribes away and the fighting has died down. Unfortunately more than 1,000 Druze were killed, including women and children. The Syrian regime has committed to staying out of Sweida and Israel has continued to airlift supplies to the Druze.
How did the Trump administration miss all the signs that Ahmed al Sharaa’s regime was determined to wipe out the Druze when so many experts in the region were warning that he and his group were really ISIS rebranded? The answer is - they didn’t miss anything.
From the beginning of Trump’s second term, there have been questions about his circle’s connection to Qatar. From Pam Bondi to Steve Witkoff, Qatar has quietly infiltrated the administration with money and influence. As has been reported Qatar’s strategy has been to stake influence in both administrations. Just as they did in Biden’s the Qatari’s are doing the same in Trump’s.
US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has been bullish on his demand that Syria remain united under Ahmed al-Sharaa’s leadership. He has stood by and watched while al-Sharaa’s men butchered Allawites and Christians earlier this year. Barrack has pushed for the Kurdish SDF to hand in their weapons to al-Sharaa’s regime and has disregarded concerns by the Druze in Sweida. Despite the violence in Sweida Tom Barrack announced that he supports the lifting of the sanctions from Syria.
Tom Barrack has lambasted Israel for stepping in and stopping the Syrian regime’s massacre of the Druze while spreading regime disinformation that it was simply a local dispute between Bedouins and Druze. Interestingly, Tom Barrack, stated the following in an interview with AP, “Israel would rather see Syria fragmented, divided, and not a strong central state.” However, he added, “I think all the minority communities are smart enough to say, ‘We are better off together, concentrated.’”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan echoed these same talking points today. He issued a stern warning to groups clashing in Syria: “If they move towards fragmentation and destabilization (of Syria), we will perceive this as a direct threat to our national security and intervene.”
So who is Tom Barrack working for?
Back when Tom Barrack was the head of Colony Investments he often worked along side Qatar Investment Authority (Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund). Among Colony’s financial backers were the Qatari ruling family that pumped billions of dollars into the investment fund. Interestingly enough, it was Qatar that bought out Colony when Tom Barrack departed. Tom Barrack, like Steve Witkoff, is a very close friend of President Donald Trump.
The current policy in Syria and President Trump’s meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa is no accident. It is apart of a wider agenda being pushed by Qatar and Turkey. A united Syria acting as a Turkish and Qatari proxy expands the reach of the Muslim Brotherhood Caliphate. Tom Barrack has been instrumental in pushing this agenda within the Trump administration.
Under Tom Barrack’s influence President Trump has done the following:
- Met with Ahmed al-Shaara the current President of Syria and former ISIS member and Al-Nusra Front leader
- Lifted sanctions on Syria
- Removed al-Shaara’s group HTS from the list of designated foreign terror groups
- Insisted on Syrian territorial continuity.
If Israel had not stepped in and saved the Druze of Sweida they would have been massacred and instead of a thank you, Israel has received vilification by administration officials. Sweida maybe safe for now, but not forever - especially as long as Ahmed al-Sharaa’s regime is in power and supported by the US government. Real questions must be asked about Qatar’s influence and role within the US.
Ironically, instead of these questions being asked, Qatari propaganda spread by MAGA influencers like Tucker Carlson, Matt Gaetz, Candace Owens and others are implicating Israel as the ultimate puppeteers of American policy, when it is Qatar itself that steers the USA at the highest levels of office.