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00:00Welcome to a new edition of the Média Morning, here are the headlines.
00:23In Morocco, the Minister of Justice, Abdelkaif Wabi,
00:27presented this Thursday, in front of the Council of Governments,
00:30an exhibition on the implementation of proposals
00:33related to the revision of the Family Code.
00:40The Israeli strikes targeted yesterday sites controlled by the Houthis
00:45in Yemen at the Sadra airport,
00:47where the OMS boss was,
00:49making at least 6 deaths according to the insurgents.
00:57And then in Mozambique, the violence of these last 3 days
01:00made 125 deaths in 3 days,
01:03where the opposition manifests and gives no sign of relief.
01:14The Minister of Justice, Abdelkaif Wabi,
01:17presented this Thursday, in front of the Council of Governments,
01:21an exhibition on the implementation of proposals
01:24related to the revision of the Family Code.
01:27This exhibition was presented by Wabi,
01:30in accordance with the royal instructions
01:32during the work session that His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
01:35presided on December 23, 2024, at the Royal Palace in Casablanca
01:39and is devoted to the issue of the revision of the Family Code.
01:43This is what the Minister-Delegate in charge of relations
01:46with the government spokesman, Mustapha Beytas,
01:49said at a press conference at the Council.
01:56More than 3,300 licences have been awarded,
02:00the bar of the 4,000 tonnes of production crossed.
02:03In Morocco, the National Agency for Regulation
02:07of Cannabis-Related Activities
02:10presented yesterday its annual report,
02:13in which the National Agency for Regulation
02:17of Cannabis-Related Activities
02:20tells us that there have been no violations this year
02:24regarding regulation in force.
02:26These are positive notes that push the Agency
02:29to commit to doubling efforts in 2025
02:32to consolidate, promote and better structure initiatives,
02:35even guaranteeing operators optimal conditions
02:38of accessibility to international markets.
02:41Let's listen to Mohamed Elgrouj,
02:45Director-General of the National Agency for Regulation
02:48of Cannabis-Related Activities.
02:51Today, within our Board of Directors,
02:54we have presented the achievements of 2024
02:58and the 2025 Action Programme.
03:01For 2024, we have presented all the business actions
03:06with the institutions and ministries concerned
03:09and local authorities to supervise,
03:12support farmers and investors
03:15and to supervise them above all to respect
03:18regulatory provisions.
03:20This year, there were almost 4,000 tonnes of production
03:24on a surface area of 2,169 hectares.
03:28It should be noted that no violations
03:31in terms of non-compliance with regulatory provisions
03:34have been recorded.
03:36For 2025, we have also presented an action plan
03:39which is mainly based on the continuation
03:42of actions and operations,
03:44framing, support and above all control,
03:47but with a focus on the acceleration
03:50of the structuring and development of the cannabis sector
03:53and the strengthening and consolidation
03:56of the competitiveness of the national product.
04:00A few days after the New Year,
04:02the celebration of the holidays is more and more felt
04:05in Marrakech, shops, restaurants,
04:08hostels.
04:10Put the little dishes in the big ones
04:12to welcome a large number of tourists.
04:19A few days after the New Year,
04:21the city of Marrakech is preparing to welcome
04:24a wave of festivities.
04:26Large shops, shops and hostels
04:29are making every effort to meet the needs
04:32of the inhabitants and many visitors
04:35who came to celebrate the New Year.
04:40The city of Marrakech is always faithful
04:43to its habits by welcoming its visitors
04:46in this special period of the year.
04:50The city owes its reputation to several assets.
04:54In these infrastructures,
04:57its heritage and its climate.
05:01In the tourist sector,
05:03hotels and restaurants are no exception.
05:06Gastronomic menus, cultural animation
05:09and special evenings,
05:11everything is designed to amaze visitors.
05:16In these times of celebration,
05:18our teams are at work
05:20to ensure the best services to customers
05:24and the best stay experience.
05:30We welcome visitors from all horizons,
05:33Moroccans and foreigners.
05:36We have prepared a memorable evening
05:41with an exceptional buffet and shows.
05:45At the same time as the festivities,
05:48the city is aware of the deployment
05:51of an important security system
05:54at the level of the different neighborhoods
05:57and public places in order to ensure security
06:00and quietness to the inhabitants and visitors.
06:04In international news,
06:06Israeli strikes targeted this Thursday
06:09sites controlled by the Houthis in Yemen
06:12killing at least 6 according to insurgents.
06:15The Director General of the World Health Organization,
06:18Tedros Ghebreyesus,
06:20was at the airport of the capital
06:23at the time of the bombing
06:25and made known on social media
06:27that he was healthy and safe.
06:29A member of the crew of his plane
06:31was injured.
06:33Tedros is part of a delegation
06:35that went to Yemen
06:37to try to free 17 UN members
06:39held by the Houthis
06:41and point out the catastrophic
06:43health situation of the country.
06:45We believe it is a civil war.
06:47According to a statement
06:49of the local civil aviation authority,
06:51the strikes occurred at the time
06:53when the Houthi delegation
06:55was about to make a scheduled flight.
06:57The Israeli army confirmed its raids
06:59carried out against military targets
07:01in response to repeated attacks
07:03by the Houthis.
07:07More than 10,400 migrants died
07:09or disappeared at sea
07:11while attempting to reach Spain
07:13in 2024.
07:15This year was marked
07:17by a record migratory influx
07:19in the archipelago of the Canary Islands.
07:21According to a report published
07:23by a Spanish NGO on Thursday,
07:25the Malian authorities announced
07:27that some 70 people disappeared
07:29in a new shipwreck.
07:31The shipwreck of a migrant boat
07:33on its way to Spain
07:35had nearly 70 people missing.
07:37On December 19,
07:39the Malian government announced
07:41that 11 survivors had been rescued.
07:43The Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras
07:45warns maritime authorities
07:47that the presence of a ship
07:49in distress evokes the sad record
07:51of 30 deaths per day
07:53on average between January
07:55and December 15, 2024.
07:57This year has become
07:59the deadliest
08:01since the organization
08:03recorded the number of deaths
08:0558% higher than that
08:07recorded by the NGO last year
08:09which recorded 6,618
08:11migrants dead
08:13or missing
08:15on migratory routes
08:17to Spain.
08:21And in the rest of the news,
08:23the violence of these
08:25last three days in Mozambique
08:27where the opposition
08:29manifests
08:31against the victory proclaimed
08:33by the party in power
08:35in the October elections
08:37has made 125 deaths
08:39according to a local NGO
08:41and the opposition
08:43does not give any sign of relief.
08:45Tuesday evening,
08:47the government had made
08:4921 deaths
08:51during the first 24 hours
08:53of riots in several major cities
08:55after the confirmation on Monday
08:57of the victory of the party in power
08:59by Frelimo at the Presidency
09:01and 1,500 detainees
09:03from the Grand Prison de Haute Sécurité
09:05of the capital Maputo.
09:07Wednesday also made
09:0933 deaths among the prisoners
09:11escaped according to the head
09:13of the police in clashes
09:15with the guards.
09:17Most of the deaths are accounted
09:19for around Maputo,
09:21the provinces of the north,
09:23especially Nampula,
09:25where the opposition is strong
09:27as well as around Ebera,
09:29where the opposition is strong as well as around Ebera.
09:31France has
09:33withdrawn yesterday
09:35a first military base
09:37in Chad,
09:39Faya, in the extreme
09:41north of the country.
09:43This departure occurs less than a month
09:45after the announcement of the suspension
09:47by N'Djamena of the military corps
09:49with Paris.
09:51Raja Ingo.
09:55Chad decides to break
09:57its military cooperation
09:59with France.
10:01Nearly 54 French military vehicles
10:03left the military base of Faya
10:05in the direction of the capital N'Djamena.
10:07A French Antonov 124
10:09plane also took off
10:11the same day from the Chadian capital.
10:13On board, more than 80 tons of freight.
10:15About 1,000 soldiers
10:17and French military personnel
10:19were stationed in Chad before the start
10:21of the withdrawal operations,
10:23including a majority on the coast
10:25of the Chadian capital.
10:27According to the French Armed Forces,
10:29about 30 soldiers were stationed in Faya
10:31and the withdrawal
10:33will be followed by that of Abiché
10:35and then of N'Djamena in the coming weeks.
10:37The withdrawal of French military
10:39from Africa continues.
10:41Chad is the 4th country in the Sahel
10:43to ask for the end of military cooperation
10:45with France.
10:47The French withdrawal follows
10:49the decision of Chad announced on November 28
10:51to end 60 years of military cooperation
10:53with France since the end of colonization.
10:55According to President
10:57Mohamed Idrissi Déby,
10:59in power since 2021,
11:01these agreements were completely obsolete
11:03in the face of the current political
11:05and geostrategic realities.
11:09I immediately place the guest
11:11of the major newspaper,
11:13Média Morning.
11:15While the new Syrian
11:17authorities are trying
11:19to consolidate their power,
11:21some bastions
11:23still escape their control.
11:2514 members of the
11:27security forces were killed
11:29on Wednesday, according to the Ministry
11:31of the Interior, including
11:33armed combatants.
11:35To talk about it, we are live
11:37with Mr. Mohamed Baddine
11:39El Yatlioui,
11:41professor and researcher
11:43in strategic studies at the National
11:45College of Defense of the United Arab Emirates.
11:47Mr. Mohamed Baddine El Yatlioui,
11:49hello and thank you
11:51for accepting our invitation.
11:53Hello and thank you
11:55for this invitation,
11:57it is a pleasure to be with you.
11:59Syrian security forces
12:01launched
12:03an operation
12:05this Thursday
12:07in the west of the country
12:09against pro-Assad militias.
12:11The operation takes place
12:13in a tense context
12:15where several cities
12:17have witnessed demonstrations
12:19of the minority
12:21in Aleutia,
12:23pro-Assad.
12:25A lot of tensions, demonstrations.
12:27Is it now
12:29that it is getting
12:31complicated for the power
12:33in place, the HTC?
12:35Yes, of course.
12:37The problem is that we have gone through
12:39a phase of euphoria that lasted a few days,
12:41a few weeks. It is quite normal
12:43after a regime that lasted
12:45so long, if we take into account the father
12:47and the son, and there we see that
12:49reality reappears, reappears
12:51after the euphoria, with the different
12:53tensions that may exist
12:55between the regions, tensions
12:57that are based either on ethnic issues,
12:59for example the Kurds
13:01in the north-east with the rest of the population
13:03which is mainly Arab, or
13:05the confessional, the Alawites
13:07who are on the coast,
13:09notably in Tartus and Taqiyah,
13:11who are a minority, who were in power
13:13under Assad for 54 years,
13:15and who are now a minority
13:17without a protector.
13:19And so we see that these tensions, both ethnic and
13:21confessional, are the reality
13:23of Syria in 2024, soon 2025,
13:25and that the new leaders
13:27will have to, of course,
13:29try to reconcile
13:31the oppositions, try to find
13:33solutions, and that's what they tried to do,
13:35for example, by wanting to create a Syrian army
13:37renewed, renovated,
13:39and by asking the different militias,
13:41the different factions, to lay down their arms.
13:43Some have accepted quite easily,
13:45others much less, and others
13:47categorically refuse, so here we are really
13:49entering the hard part.
13:51Precisely, Mr. Attewi, returning to this division,
13:53after the collapse
13:55of the Assad regime,
13:57Syria is
13:59divided between
14:01three factions, each
14:03has distinct objectives,
14:05the forces in power
14:07of Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham,
14:09the Kurdish Syrian forces,
14:11and then the factions
14:13of Alawite pro-Assad.
14:15What do the divisions
14:17between these three groups
14:19really represent
14:21on the stability of Syria?
14:23There is a real risk,
14:25since everything has to be reconstructed.
14:27We see how the leaders,
14:29the one we called
14:31recently, Al-Julaini,
14:33tries to create a new state,
14:35and for that he needs money,
14:37he needs weapons,
14:39he needs structure, and he needs personnel.
14:41The problem, as you said, is that
14:43there are the Alawites, who are Arabs
14:45from a minority branch of Shiism,
14:47who represent 10 to 12% of the Syrian population
14:49on the coasts, in Tartus and Al-Atakeh.
14:51President Assad,
14:53him and his father, were part of it.
14:55They dominated the country's political and military life
14:57for 54 years, and the Alawites
14:59dominated it, and we see that now the settlement
15:01of accounts begins, with the arrest
15:03of the former boss of the military justice.
15:05So we see that there will be
15:07settlement of accounts, people who will be judged,
15:09maybe others killed,
15:11so now we are entering a real phase
15:13of complexity, since the Alawites will refuse
15:15to give the weapons
15:17to a state that would be dominated only by the HTS
15:19and by the most radical
15:21Sunnis.
15:23On the other side, we have the Kurds in the northeast,
15:25what we call the FDS,
15:27and it's even more complicated, since the vast majority
15:29of the FDS is Kurdish,
15:31but there are some Arabs
15:33who are Arab tribes
15:35from the northeast who are part of it.
15:37So it complicates things even more,
15:39and the FDS in its entirety,
15:41and in particular the YPG,
15:43that is, the Kurdish part of Syria,
15:45has a great fear, it is to see
15:47the Turks, who have already started,
15:49try to clean up in this part,
15:51since there is another element
15:53to take into account, which is the ANS,
15:55the Syrian National Army,
15:57which is a Sunni Arab
15:59supported 100% by the Turks,
16:01much more than the HTS,
16:03and the ANS is currently fighting
16:05the FDS in the northeast,
16:07since the Turks want to prevent
16:09an autonomous Kurdish zone at all costs,
16:11and they also want to force
16:13the Kurds of the YPG
16:15to give the weapons to Damascus.
16:17For the moment,
16:19all the negotiations that exist
16:21put in place
16:23these different mechanisms,
16:25but the Kurds are excluded for the moment.
16:27So that's what makes it even more complicated,
16:29and that's the task of al-Joulani,
16:31who has accepted that the Kurds
16:33are put aside for the moment
16:35because of the specificity
16:37and the danger for them
16:39of relations with Turkey.
16:41The Alawite pillars
16:43of the former Syrian regime
16:45are reclining on their coastal bastions.
16:47The Kurds are trying
16:49to preserve their autonomy
16:51in the northeast of the country
16:53and in the Sunni areas.
16:55The new power under the direction
16:57of the HTC is strengthening
16:59its grip.
17:01Can you say that the fall
17:03of Bashar al-Assad
17:05accelerated these different
17:07territorial and confessional
17:09community divisions?
17:11These divisions have always existed
17:13in the history of Syria.
17:15The only element is that
17:17when there was a single party,
17:19the lower party and the state
17:21dominated by the Assad,
17:23no one had the right to speak.
17:25The Alawites controlled
17:27the whole state apparatus.
17:29They gave some positions to some Sunnis,
17:31to some Christians,
17:33to some Druze,
17:35to try to calm things down,
17:37but it was them who controlled
17:39and dominated the situation.
17:41Here we are facing the reality
17:43of Syria as it is,
17:45after 14 years of war,
17:47almost civil, regional implications.
17:49We also see that a number
17:51of regional actors
17:53led by Druze Jumblat
17:55were in Damascus,
17:57as there are Druze in the south of Syria.
17:59All these elements will complicate
18:01the situation.
18:03We will see what will happen
18:05with Donald Trump once he is back.
18:07The United States has always
18:09supported the FDS,
18:11especially the Kurdish YPG.
18:13This could create tensions
18:15between the United States
18:17and Turkey.
18:19To create a modern Syrian state
18:21the new government
18:23will be very interesting
18:25to follow.
18:27If they centralize too much,
18:29like the Assad,
18:31they may be accused of authoritarianism.
18:33If we go to the FDS,
18:35it will raise many questions,
18:37especially about resources,
18:39as most of the Syrian oil
18:41is in the Kurdish zone,
18:43in the north-east.
18:45Speaking of this new Syrian government,
18:47the establishment of the National Armed Forces
18:49is the priority of the new Syrian leader,
18:51Ahmad al-Sharaa.
18:53According to you,
18:55what is the issue
18:57of the reconstruction
18:59of the National Armed Forces?
19:03It is the priority of the priorities.
19:05The monopoly of violence
19:07in any stable state
19:09is in fact
19:11in the hands of its army
19:13and its security forces.
19:15Police and army.
19:17In Syria,
19:19the current situation
19:21is that due to the war,
19:23as we have already mentioned,
19:25there is a multiplication
19:27of non-state actors
19:29who have weapons
19:31and who want to maintain them.
19:33The real challenge
19:35is the monopoly of violence
19:37to have a police, an army
19:39and a national justice
19:41that will allow to restore order
19:43and create new institutions
19:45and create something new.
19:47But we see that it is very fragile
19:49since the ethno-religious diversity,
19:51ethno-confessional,
19:53of course,
19:55complexifies a lot of things
19:57since people define themselves
19:59prioritarily for the moment
20:01in relation to their ethnicity
20:03or in relation to their confession
20:05and not in relation to a national feeling.
20:07The new coalition
20:09called for the dissolution
20:11of armed groups.
20:13The HTC remains on their guard
20:15regarding the HTC government.
20:17Among them,
20:19the Druze brigades
20:21that you just mentioned
20:23settled in the south of Syria.
20:25How do you explain
20:27this refusal?
20:31The Druze brigades,
20:33if you will,
20:35are faced with several pressures.
20:37There is the pressure of Damascus
20:39and therefore the new government
20:41to join a future national army.
20:43On the other hand,
20:45the Druze mainly live
20:47in the south of Syria,
20:49especially in the Golan area.
20:51The Golan, which has been occupied
20:53by Israel for many decades now.
20:55We saw right after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
20:57that the Israeli government
20:59had tried to impose itself
21:01in the south of Syria, beyond the Golan.
21:03So there is a real risk for them.
21:05This is the first element.
21:07The other element is that the Druze
21:09are a minority,
21:11traditionally from the Shia,
21:13and they have taken a real autonomy.
21:15There are tensions
21:17that can arise
21:19with different Sunni radical groups
21:21who do not recognize the Druze
21:23as they do not recognize the Alawites,
21:25for example.
21:27So we see that there are various fears
21:29that are both internal between Syrians
21:31and with some regional neighbors
21:33who pose a problem
21:35for their national security.
21:37So the challenge is immense
21:39and the difficulties will really
21:41follow one another for the government.
21:43And the type of movement that we saw
21:45this weekend in different parts of Syria
21:47is likely to continue to accelerate,
21:49unfortunately.
21:51After the fall of the old regime
21:53of Bashar al-Assad,
21:55Ankara insisted on the need
21:57to dissolve the Kurdish militia
21:59that you mentioned,
22:01YPG.
22:03What is the future
22:05for these Kurdish Syrian forces
22:07in Syria?
22:09What will happen
22:11to these Kurdish Syrian forces?
22:13It is a real problem
22:15for the Kurds of Syria,
22:17for the government of Damascus
22:19and for the Turks.
22:21The Turkish priority in terms of national security
22:23for more than 40 years now
22:25is the Kurdish question.
22:27We must not forget that 15% of the Turkish population,
22:29we are talking about 90 million inhabitants,
22:31almost 15% are Kurds
22:33not all, but some of them
22:35created the PKK in 1984
22:37and are trying to gain independence
22:39from this territory.
22:41And so the Turks are afraid,
22:43the Turkish government in Ankara
22:45is that the Kurdish Syrians of YPG
22:47are trying to do exactly the same thing
22:49in the north of Syria,
22:51and that it serves as a background
22:53to put pressure on Turkey
22:55in order to create this state
22:57on Turkish territory
22:59which is unacceptable for the government of Ankara.
23:01So to anticipate all this,
23:03and as they did in Iraq a few years ago
23:05where there are also Kurds,
23:07as they did in Iraq,
23:09they are either trying to rely on some Kurds
23:11who would be favorable to them,
23:13as they did in Iraq with the Barzani family,
23:15or to fight them in a radical way,
23:17as said Akan Fidan,
23:19the Turkish Foreign Minister
23:21this week when he was in Damascus.
23:23He assimilates the YPG
23:25and the PYD, which is the political branch.
23:27PYD is the political branch
23:29and the YPG is the military branch,
23:31but for him they are called the PKK.
23:33So for him there is no difference.
23:35This is what justifies the fact
23:37that the Turks, with the Syrian National Army,
23:39which is a different group
23:41from what is called the HTC or the HTS,
23:43are intervening in the Syrian Kurdish zone
23:45to try to clean up,
23:47as they say,
23:49and try to eliminate these people.
23:51So he asks them to drop their weapons,
23:53and much worse than that,
23:55he asks them to leave the north of Syria,
23:57to go to Damascus or elsewhere in Syria
23:59without weapons,
24:01which is obviously unacceptable for the Kurds
24:03and the YPG,
24:05who have fought, thanks to American support
24:07during all these years,
24:09the Daesh group.
24:11So we see that it is a very complex situation
24:13with a lot of actors getting involved
24:15and who, on the one hand, can ally themselves
24:17and, on the other hand, can oppose
24:19depending on the questions and the files.
24:21Mr. Mohamed Baddine Liatoui,
24:23I thank you for this presentation
24:25and I thank you for this precious
24:27lighting.
24:29Thank you for all these details.
24:31I remind you that you are a professor,
24:33researcher in strategic studies
24:35at the National College of Defense
24:37of the United Arab Emirates.
24:39Thank you and have a good day.
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