The interim leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, says that it may take four years to hold elections in Syria. He said that Hayat Tahrir will announce the dissolution of Syria in the National Dialogue Conference.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense will integrate the Kurdish forces into its ranks. It is hoped that the Trump administration will lift the sanctions on Syria. He further said that Syria has strategic interests with Russia, we do not want Russia to abandon relations with Syria inappropriately.
The above announcement by the interim leader and the head of a military organization will surely be a breath of fresh air. After former President Bashar al-Assad left the country and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took over Damascus, the most important question was whether the civil war in Syria has ended. And will this peace be maintained permanently? Concerns were also being expressed by the world powers in this regard, because the opposition of the former government includes several armed groups.
Peace in Syria will therefore depend to a large extent on Hayat Tahrir’s leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, to what extent he succeeds in bringing other groups to his side. However, yesterday he has announced that elections will be held, but elections require a peaceful and safe environment.
In addition, the groups seizing power will also have to draft a new constitution that will decide what form of government (parliamentary, presidential or mixed) will prevail in Syria. This will require not only time, but also the spirit of reconciliation and behavior to build consensus.
Dictatorship in any form cannot win the hearts of the people forever. If you examine the changes that have taken place in different regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, in the last half century, you will know that when the strength to bear the oppression of the dictatorship begins to respond, the suppressed sparks in the hearts of the people become a flame. In such an environment, when the cooperation and assistance from external and internal sources also started arriving, the strongholds of the dictatorship are also engulfed in the flames of public revolt.
Iran has been the center of power for a long time, from Reza Shah Pahlavi’s dictatorship to Iraq and from Libya to Syria, but the lava has been brewing inside and fueled by rebel forces. In the same way, America, Russia, Israel and other supporting countries not only patronized their own supported groups, but also continued to provide the required “assistance” as a result, the decades-long power came to an end. The dictator was forced to flee the country. .
Here the question arises that whether internal rebellion brings political and economic stability in the country? Can the rebel forces, with the blessing of their patrons, satisfy the sections of the country and establish a stable government? Can complete peace be established in the country? Unfortunately, it is not easy to answer ‘yes’ to such questions. We have such examples in the form of Iraq and Libya that even after the end of the dictatorship, the situation of anarchy, chaos and instability continued in the country.
The people were not completely relieved. Instead of US President Joe Biden calling the end of the Assad regime a “historic opportunity” for Syrians to rebuild the country, the newly elected US President Donald Trump has also expressed satisfaction over the end of the Assad regime, while Israel To strengthen their grip on the Golan Heights, they have launched a series of offensives.
Another feature of Syria is that it shares borders with five important countries namely Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. As a result of this geographical location, the internal and external affairs of Syria are of interest to all these countries and become a justification for intervention in Syria.
Israel currently occupies the Golan Heights in Syria, with US forces in its eastern part, while Turkish forces occupy a large part of its border with Turkey. In this way, not only the freedom and autonomy of Syria but also the regional integrity is threatened. The new government will not only have to work hard to bring the situation back to normal, but it may also be delayed due to the ravages of the last twelve years of civil war.
According to the United Nations data, three hundred thousand people have died in this long civil war and 5.6 million Syrians have had to take refuge in the neighboring country. This is in addition to the damage caused by the destruction of the country’s infrastructure, city buildings, roads, bridges and government buildings. Syria cannot compensate these losses with its own resources, it will have to rely on international aid.
The changes taking place in Syria invite us to consider many aspects, as the views of the interim military leader of Syria serve as an instructive advice for the members of the interim government of the Afghan Taliban, because living in the United Nations, There are diplomatic etiquettes that must be followed in dealing with and establishing relations with foreign countries.
The interim leader of Syria has recognized this fact and has announced that he will abandon the path of militancy and follow the path of democracy, while the Taliban of Afghanistan are proud of building on the ignorance of the ancient era. have been cut off from the world, which is causing irreparable damage to their country, the interim government of the Afghan Taliban has to change its thinking positively and take measures for the welfare of the Afghan people, as well as a system at the government level. Must be implemented which restores their links with the outside world, so that they can get external aid and can put the country on its feet.
On the other hand, Israel’s recent actions, including the bombing of Damascus and eastern Syria and the Israeli occupation of the buffer zone along the occupied Golan Heights, are serious threats not only to the freedom of Syria, but also to regional security and internal stability. .
Along with this, 75 airstrikes by the US Central Command on alleged ISIS bases in Damascus are also alarming.
The aim of Israel and US military actions against Syria under the guise of ISIS is nothing but to influence the political situation in Syria. This is because, although Syria is a small and low-income country in the Arab world with a population of less than 30 million and deprived of oil wealth, it played an important role in the Arab-Israeli conflict after the Second World War.
The most densely populated and important area of Syria is near Hayat al-Tahrir, which stretches from Idlib to the north of Damascus. The cities of Aleppo (Aleppo), Hama, Homs, etc. are in it, and now also Antioch and Tartus. America occupies a reasonable area in the east. A large area east of Homs and Hama, south of Deir al-Zor, Damascus and a limited area south of al-Dar’a, al-Suwayda, etc. are held by another coalition with three or four factions. The territory occupied by the Kurds is vast, but the population is very small. There is no big city.
Hasakah, Al-Zammah, Dirana are less in the city, but more in the towns. The name of the Kurdish party is SDF (Syrian Democratic Front). It has the support and patronage of America. It is the largest area that a group has. To its west lies the Turkish-held buffer zone, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army.
On the other hand, Israel has carried out the biggest air operation in the history and has carried out about 350 bombings in 150 locations and destroyed the arsenal left by the Syrian army.
Apart from conventional war machines, they also include airplanes and helicopters, as well as weapons factories. However, a significant amount of weapons in the north had already been seized by the revolutionaries and transferred elsewhere. The important question is whether the world powers can stop Israel from aggression in Syria and especially in the Middle East. Peace, stability and reconstruction in Syria depends on its neighbors, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, America and Israel. It will also be on the behavior of
