Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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You have a lot of militia groups, the government of Syria, a lot of proxies and various neighbouring countries with significant interests such as Iran, Israel, the US or, dare I say it, Russia. It is very challenging. The situation seems to be a long way from any kind of stable resolution. Türkiye is another neighbour that has interests there. Everyone is protecting their own interests but there is a lot of weaponry, trafficking and mischief making in terms of neighbouring states. I visited Jordan, which is coming under a lot of pressure with various drug and weapon trafficking being attempted through its border. It is a force of destabilisation, considerable violence, outbreaks of violence, explosions and so on in the region. It is a very dangerous zone that is causing immense destabilisation in the region.