This refers to the article, “Syrians look for their interest, not America’s” (May 3) by Sandhya Jain. The article glosses over facts while seemingly repeating without proper acknowledgement of the talking points of the Syrian Government. Ascription of democratic maturity to Syria, comparable to the US or Canada, lacks credibility. The bombastic reference to a Turkish plan to form an “Islamic nation on Europe” by “exporting 7,50,000 Palestinians [sic] to the continent” is again both counter-factual and an uncritical acceptance of a specific propaganda. Turkey remains committed as ever to support Syria’s unity and territorial integrity, probably more so than the tyrannical regime that purports to govern it. The claim that Turkey is the least successful in the region integrating Kurds into its national fabric, could again be refuted by the author only if she cared to look closer. The writer would have done justice to the Syrian people only if she had listened to them.