SHOTLIST: ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (AUG. 13, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASSAD AL-SHAIBANI AND TURKISH COUNTERPART HAKAN FIDAN AT PODIUM 2. AUDIENCE SITTING AT HALL 3. VARIOUS OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASSAD AL-SHAIBANI DELIVERING SPEECH (Arabic) 4. VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE 5. JOURNALIST ASKING QUESTION TO SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASSAD AL-SHAIBANI (TWO SHOTS) 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASSAD AL-SHAIBANI SAYING: [...] "The Druze community remains an integral part of Syrian society, there is no intent to exclude them in any way. [...] Some of the ongoing foreign interventions in Syria are direct and seeking to weaken the Syrian state and create a fragile division." [...] 7. VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE ANKARA, TÜRKİYE - AUG. 13: Syria’s foreign minister warned Wednesday that repeated Israeli threats continue to target Syrian sovereignty, putting citizens’ safety at risk, during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara. Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani highlighted the ongoing foreign interventions in Syria, describing some as “direct and seeking to weaken the Syrian state and create a fragile division.” He said the Druze community remains an integral part of Syrian society, dismissing Israeli claims suggesting otherwise. “There is no intent to exclude them (Druza community) in any way,” he said. Al-Shaibani added that what happened in Suwayda was instigated by Israel to sow sectarian discord in the region. The Syrian Foreign Minister stated that Syria shares many common interests and threats with Türkiye, and caution against supporting chaos in Syria. Al-Shaibani said, along with Fidan, they stressed the importance of coordination on security and military matters to safeguard borders and combat terrorism. He considered the “Hasakah Conference,” held by the components of northeastern Syria, a violation of the agreement signed on March 10 with the terrorist organization YPG. On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced the signing of an agreement for the integration of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state institutions, reaffirming the country's territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division. The SDF is dominated by the terrorist group YPG, the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK. The Syrian government has been intensifying security efforts since last year’s ouster of Bashar al-Assad after 24 years in power. Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia in December, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in power since 1963. A new transitional administration led by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa was formed in January.