CEASE FIRE FOR SYRIA

REMEMBER there was a glimpse of hope to stop fighting in Syria. We dont hear anything any more about it

UPDATE 17 January, 2016: So far there seems no sign of it. The British Government  announced that they flew bombing raids last Sunday.

Why is it not upheld?

It supposed to start early January? Why is Mr Cameron ignoring it and bring more danger to this country? It is the man in the street who will pay the price. Mr Cameron does not seems to care.

UN Security Council voted unanimously for a cease fire in Syria. It is the best news there could have been.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said: “An UN plan for Syria is a “milestone” in the effect to end the conflict there.” 

Although agreeing with the statement but it is a contradiction to Mr Kerry previous statements and especial to his previous action.

John Kerry added: “Mr Assad had lost the ability to unite the country and demands Mr Assad immediate departure which would prolong the war.”

The West and Arab nations concluded the resolution that Mr Assad could be part of the transition but insist he must be gone at the end of it

Let us hold here and get a few facts in. The US started to supply arms and support Al-Qaeda, four year ago. Slowly one by one other western country joined in.  From Al-Qaeda sprang ISIS which grew and now so powerful that the West and Russia see no alternative but to destroy them. All the time the West were supplying them with weapons through the back door and fighting in the front. 

Double dealing never worked out in the long run and it has not in this case.

It was planned that 34 countries, including the UK, establish an army and is under the command of Saudi Arabia to defeat ISIS.  Whether Russia and China is part of it is not clear. It is also not clear whether that plan provoked the UN to call for a Security Council meeting because if the West and Arab countries join the army they would be up against Russia and Chine.  Russia and China support Mr Assad.

This situation could develop into another World War very quickly because there are too many countries involved again Russia and China.

Coming back to the UN Security Council resolution it was also decided Syria would have, that they called, a “democratic” election.  US have hardly a democratic action when they keep attacking other country with no other reason but dominate them but they keep waving the flag about democracy.

As Syrian UN ambassador Bashar Jaafan already pointed out: “There is a glaring contradiction between outside countries talking about letting Syria decide their future yet also insisting on replacing Mr Assad.”

UN Security Council Resolution No 2254

n   Calls for ceasefire and formal talks or a political transition to start in early January.

n    Groups seen as “terrorists” included IS and al-Nusra Front, are excluded.

n    “Offensive and defensive actions” against such groups – a reference to air strikes by US –led coalition and Russia – to continue.

n   UN chief Ban Ki-Moon to report by 18 January, 2016, on how to monitored ceasefire.

n   “Credible, inclusive and non-sectarian government” to be established within six months.

n   Political transition should be Syria-led.

Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “It would be possible to reach an agreement on a unity government for Syria within six month.

The resolution will not effect the bombing by Russia, France and US against IS,

So far 250,000 people had been killed in the civil war and millions displaced.

However, there is a disagreement already which armed group should be labelled as terrorists and therefore to be bombed.

As wonderful the news of a cease file sounds on the surface but if you read in between the lines there is still the insistence to remove Mr Assad which was the reason of starting the civil war supported by the West.

Therefore the resolution does not look as solid as it is made out to be but it is a great step forward and hopefully it holds and continues to bring everlasting peace.

Apart from destroying the IS; the US and West should keep out of Syria’s affairs.

US, UK and the West should learn from the recent wars which did not solve anything but caused more troubles.

In Afghanistan the so hard fought Helmsman district was freed from Talibans is now run over again and in Talibans’ hands. How must those solders feel like about the sacrifices of their killed and maimed comrades, some for life?

In Iraq there was no IS until the war was fought there and now it is a training ground for them. From there they lS spread into Syria.

Therefore America should stop to be so self righteous and play the policeman of the world.  So far they ruined Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Libya and Syria under the great cover “democracy” but in reality keeping their weapon industry going.  

RUSSIA STARTED AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA-- UPDATE 1 Oct., 2015

UPDATE: 1 October, 2015 --
US is willing to talk to Russians as soon as possible to avoid clashes of their air strikes.

Why could it not be done at the UN meeting only a few days ago?  

Their aim is to hit rebel-controlled areas as of Homs and Hama provinces in Syria. Russia informed the US one hours before the military operation began.

An US defence official said: “A Russian official in Baghdad this morning informed US embassy personnel that Russian military aircrafts begin flying anti-Isil mission today over Syria. He further requests that US aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions.”

This action seems to be the result that Russia does not think there will be a diplomatic resolution, either from the UN Security Council or the Western allies.

Russia reported that SUKHOI-Su-24 warplanes were involved and operated out of an airbase near Latakia.

It is not quite clear what Russia targeted. According to US official they are not striking any IS-territory. However, the information should not be treated as gospel truth because it could be propaganda. The Russian statement is their planes to support Syria government forces and is striking against the multiple enemies of the Assad’s regime. They revealed further that the air force had targeted IS military equipment, 

communication facilities, arms depots, ammunition and fuel supplies.

If that is the case it is a serious escalation of the conflict and a result of the US State Secretary John Kerry.

The multiple enemies, as quoted by the Russian, are US, UK and West’s Arab or Turkey.

According to the BBC, the Russian’s upper house of their parliament granted President Putin permission to deploy the Russian air force in Syria.

The Syrian opposition reported that the Russian planes bombed Zafaraneh, Rastan, Talbiseh, Makarmia and Ghanto. So far 36 people were killed including children. They emphasized that none of the areas have been control by the IS.

Mr Putin said in a TV interview: “The air strikes were targeting at Islamic militants and Russian citizens – who were taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq.

He added further: “If they (militants) succeed in Syria, they will return to their home country, and they will come to Russia, too.” Mr Putin emphasizes “Russia will not send ground troops to Syria, and that its role in Syria’s army operation will be limited. We certainly are not to plunge head-on into this conflict. We will support the Syrian army purely in a legitimate fight with terrorist groups.”

The net seems to be closing just like before the First World Was and the Second when it started one country and another and another got involved.

Surely, the big powers US, UK, France and Russia could solve the problem round the negotiating table. As the saying goes “Where there is a will, there is a way.”

Russia saved the world last year, in the last minute, from a total war and most probably from a chemical war.  The US and UK could have left it at that but no they had to start air strikes. The IS would have been defeated within the Middle East countries. The West would not have to be involved. Now they pushed it again to the limit and Russia saw no other way but to support Assad’s regime by military actions.

At the moment there are Iran, Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah supporting Alawite-led government, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar opposing US, UK and France.  Israel flying air strikes. Details are not known.

There are far too many involved already and threaten the world peace.

Since PM David Cameron is so eager to play the knight in shining armour does he not realise this is not Afghanistan or Iraq or the Falklands?  There are far too many big armies backing Syria’s arm. It is not good to listen to the US because they will far away from the shot.  They can happily light the fuse but when it comes to the big bang it is us who sit in the firing line again.

The US always roping in the UK but where was the US when the IRA kept murdering people in the UK? They even supported the IRA financially. Harold Wilson, Labour, was the only Prime Minister who said no to the US getting involve in the Vietnam war.

David Cameron even went ahead with air strikes in spite of the majority of MPs voted against it.

MR ASSAD'S INTERVIEW WITH BBC

BASHAR ASSAD

On a whole Mr Assad showed more principle than he had been given credit. Of course, we are mostly given the spin of the USA and the West. It does not mean other spins are the truth.  The worst thing in any conflicts is propaganda and it causes the most harm.

Listen to the programme, it made the situation more clear. The reason for the USA and the West wanting for Mr Assad to step down was because he refuses to join the international coalition that seeks and destroy IS.

He said: “No, definitely we cannot and we do not have the will and we do not want, for one simple reason because we cannot be in an alliance with countries which support terrorists.”

He added further that he was not against co-operating over IS with other countries but he will refuse to talk with American officials because they do not talk to anyone, unless he’s a puppet. In my view his remark contains a lot of truth. The USA and its allies supported the "freedom fighters" or "Rebels" which were infiltrated by al-Qaeda and an offspring the IS which started kidnapping western since the end of 2012. They top leaders all knew about it.

When asked why he refuses to talk to the Allies?  Mr Assad replied: “And they easily trample over intern law which is about our sovereignty now, so they do not talk to us, we do not talk to them,”  Another true point which shows in the new so called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) which includes a clause of irreversible nationalisation of railways and energy suppliers etc. It also includes a clause of corporation being able to sue governments behind closed doors if something is against their will of the corporations. Several countries had been heavily find already, Canada, Sweden, Germany for stopping nuclear fuels, Bolivia was find $50million for renationalising their waters. If that is not dictatorship and taking away the sovereignty, what is? It is the worse thing suggested by the USA to sign the TTIP. The very word partnership is a joke and hypocrisy. All the time they pointing at Russia, China and North Korea. Where is the difference to the TTIP?

No wonder they want him out because he stands up to them and tells the truth about the USA and its allies. PM David Cameron must be out of his mind to even think to sign such an agreement. Of course, he would not put it to a vote to the MPs because he knows it would be defeated like the military intervention in Syria.

Another point Mr Assad referred to and it also made sense, was Mr Assad refuses to accept the US’s offer to train and equip a “moderate” rebel force to fight the IS on the ground in Syria.  Even to average people it sounds the joke of the century. Have they not learned their lesson yet?

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Mr Assad pointed out there is no moderate, only extremists from IS and al-Quad in Syria, at-Nusra Front.  Do the USA and West really believe anyone would buy that? Have they not caused enough damage by supplying the so-called Freedom fighter when in reality they were al-Qaeda and eventually IS. The Allies were aware that people being kidnapped right back in 2012. Despite of all the US supplied the “Freedom Fighters” with missiles and the British Government (David Cameron can not blame Labour this time) supplied chemicals which could be made into chemical weapon.

The Syrian army was then blamed to have dropped the chemical weapon but when UN international inspectors examined it: the report was never handed over to the public. There is only one conclusion that if they found it was Mr Assad’s army it would have been broadcasted all over the world.

Mr Assad admitted that he had a stockpile of chemical weapon but denied that his army used it. Only recently there were rumours flying about that the CIA were involved. How true or false we will never know.

A new accusation is that Mr Assad uses barrel bombs which he denies.  Mr Assad reply to the accusation is: “I know about the army. They use bullets, missiles and bombs. I haven’t heard of the army using barrel bombs.” Is it a new attempt to make Mr Assad step down?

Barrel bombs are cylindrical and filled with explosives and shrabnels.

Whatever opinion we have about the Russians but one thing we have to acknowledge that they prevented a war or an all out war in 2013. USA John Kerry was beating the drums and UK PM David Cameron was all for it to use military force.  The Russians negotiated in the last minute and got Mr Assad to hand over his chemical weapons. It put the fuse out which might have burned right across the world again.  For that we should be grateful to the Russians.

The UK Ministers voted against any military intervention in Syria while trigger happy Dave Cameron would have happily sent the country into conflict while he would have  been sitting at his seat in the country.