Hands OFF Syria

It seems that my homeland is vast—too vast to be reduced to fear, defeat, or political bargaining.

What Syrians must demand today, without ambiguity or evasion, is the overthrow of the terrorist regime that has occupied the country. What must not happen is granting al-Jolani any form of political, moral, or legal legitimacy under the pretext of realism, survival, or temporary arrangements. No certificates, no recognition, no indirect endorsement—because doing so means legitimizing terrorism itself and allowing it to expand under a different name.

We must state this clearly: any truce, deal, or alliance with this terrorist regime is a betrayal of Syria, of the law, and of humanity.

The SDF’s past actions must also be called by their name. From the beginning, they were complicit in weakening Syria: breaking away from the state and constitution, raising a separate flag, isolating themselves from the nation, contributing to the starvation of the people, and refusing to support the Syrian army while it was fighting terrorist groups from across the world. That path led to fragmentation and collapse—not protection.

The same dangerous logic appeared in Sweida, where individuals such as Suleiman Abd al-Baqi and his group openly celebrated the terrorists of Idlib and raised the flag of terrorism alongside their own. These actions were not neutral, not “protest,” and not harmless—they were a direct stab in the back of the army fighting terrorism. Their moral contradiction was blatant: claiming it was “haram” to support the army against the so-called “rebels,” but suddenly declaring self-defense “halal” only when those same rebels attacked them. This is not ethics; it is opportunism.

In contrast, the people of the coast and the Alawite community demonstrated greater awareness and restraint, refusing to fall into these traps. And until the very last moment, the Syrian army remained committed to the unity of Syria. Every soldier fought with the conviction that no part of the country was expendable.

Defeat—no matter how painful, no matter how complex its internal and external causes—does not justify abandoning truth. It does not justify adopting the enemy’s narrative, excusing their crimes, or pretending that terrorism becomes acceptable once it gains power. To lose a battle does not mean to admit the enemy was right.

Let this be stated plainly:

The Syrian army is a national institution, not a sectarian one. It is bound by the Syrian constitution and Syrian law. In contrast, the gangs of al-Jolani are, by every legal definition, an occupying terrorist force. Their rules are gang law, not law—and no Syrian is obliged to submit to them.

If Syrians want to survive as a people and as a nation, the goal must be the removal of this terrorist regime, not coexistence with it. Any attempt to normalize it—through ceasefires, alliances, or selective compromises—is illegal, immoral, and a direct insult to the sacrifices of the Syrian army and the suffering of the Syrian people. Al-Jolani’s project is not reform; it is the systematic erasure of Syria’s history, present, and future.

I stand with every protest, every sit-in, and every movement that clearly and unambiguously rejects killing and terrorism. This is a moral duty. But I am making this warning explicit now, because its danger will soon become visible—and because al-Jolani has already begun signaling a willingness to exploit it.

So the question that must be asked openly, without fear or evasion, is this:

If al-Jolani pretends to accept demands, and if Alawite or Druze figures are presented to the public to do what Mazloum Abdi did—shaking hands with the leader of ISIS—what will we do then?

I say this clearly:

I will not accept the continued presence of al-Jolani’s gangs on the coast.

But I will also never accept shaking hands with the leader of ISIS, nor keeping him in Damascus in exchange for his withdrawal from one region.

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There will be no geographic bargaining with terrorism.

There will be no sectarian cover for extremism.

There will be no survival deals that sacrifice the nation.

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I reject al-Jolani remaining anywhere in Syria.

I reject this terrorist regime in every inch of my Syrian homeland.

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It seems that my homeland is very large;