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Rift among Syrian Opposition Groups
دوشنبه ۲۴ مهر ۱۳۹۱ ساعت ۱۵:۳۱
The efforts of the western and Arab front for overthrowing the Syrian government during the past 18 months by creating unrest and civil war in the country have been inconclusive.Prolonging the Syrian crisis with the help of Turkey and a number of Arab states has complicated the political and military equations in the country. The US with the help of its European and regional accomplices is looking for a pretext to militarily interfere in Sy
The efforts of the western and Arab front for overthrowing the Syrian government during the past 18 months by creating unrest and civil war in the country have been inconclusive.Prolonging the Syrian crisis with the help of Turkey and a number of Arab states has complicated the political and military equations in the country. The US with the help of its European and regional accomplices is looking for a pretext to militarily interfere in Syria. But the resistance and steadfastness of the Syrian army and government against the US-backed armed rebels have so far thwarted the ploys of the US and its cohorts. One of the reasons for this failure is the solidarity and unity of the Syrian army in support for the Syrian government. Despite having opponents the Syrian government has a great social base among people with differing sectarian ideas. The west’s adventurism in Syria has been reinforced by differences among domestic opposition groups on the one hand and the rift among external groups on the other hand. The western officials, however, have admitted that the government of President Bashar Assad has no substitute. The US and its regional allies have mainly focused on the Salafis and al-Qaeda for pushing forward their objectives in Syria. They are brought to Turkey and Jordan in the form of groups from different countries and after being equipped with light and heavy weaponry they are dispatched to Syria. CIA's top officer Robert Grenier in an article published by Aljazeera network wrote, “The CIA forces deployed in Turkey’s Adana city have been assigned to cooperate with their allies namely Saudi Arabia and Qatar for supporting the armed forces opposing the Syrian government.” Arab diplomatic sources also said to Lebanese TV Al-Manar that a Qatari band, whose mission it is to hire terrorist mercenaries for war in Syria, has intensified its activity in some North African countries including Mauritania and Algeria. Based on the information released in this regard, in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott hundreds of Mauritanians have been employed by the Qatari gang to be sent to Turkey for a speedy training and then transferring to Syria and joining the terrorist groups. The Mauritanian government is campaigning against terrorism but it is facing with problems since Qatar funds colossal money for recruiting terrorists. A Mauritanian official revealed that the authorities of his country have sent letters to Qatari Emir expressing concern against the consequences of this dangerous act of Qatar. The Mauritanian official also said that the Qatari terrorist bands enter Mauritania under the disguise of merchants to show that they have come for investment in this county and that they are looking for manpower for working in Qatari companies. The officials of the Persian Gulf littoral states also told Al-Manar that Algeria has recently expelled a band of Arabs including Qatari and Lebanese nationalities. The band has employed Algerian citizens to be dispatched to Syria. The western-Arab front has launched a full-fledged psychological and propaganda war against the Syrian government. They attempted to portray the armed groups’ moves against the Syrian government as popular movement. In this psychological war they make no mention of the terrorist acts and the crimes committed by the rebels. A glance at the opposition groups both inside and outside the country reveals to a great extent the realities of Syrian developments. For a better understanding of this issue, we refer to the disputes between Syrian National Council as the representative of Syrian opponents outside the country and National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change inside the country. The Syrian National Council guides the opponents abroad and the majority of its members reside in Europe. The council was set up in Istanbul on October 2, 2011. The Syrian National Council was actually founded after the western creation of crisis in Syria and held many meetings in Anatolia, Istanbul, Ankara, Doha, Brussels and Paris. Basma Kodmani, who had no record of campaign for over 20 years and has been the employee of an American institute for promoting the US version of democracy in the Middle East, became the spokeswoman of the Council. The Syrian human rights activist Dr. Maytham Al-Mane says, “This group is administered by the US human rights organs and advocates of the American democracy in the Middle East and some of their leaders are the employees of the organs.” The National Council has mostly comprised of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and the current of Damascus Declaration. There are serious differences among the opposition parties in the National Council for assuming leadership. Basma Kodmani resigned from her post as the head of the Syrian National Council and regarding the reason for her resignation, she said that the Council had not materialized her desired objectives and had failed to gain the trust of the Syrian people. She acknowledged that now it is not the time for speaking of disputes among the Council’ members though the differences are true. A member of the Syrian National Council in London Osama Monajed told the British daily Guardian that the westerners have become disappointed of the Council and they have realized that it cannot be the representative of all Syrian opponents as a unified body. The National Solidarity Current is the major anti-government group in Syria. It officially announced its existence on June 30, 2011in Damascus and on October 8, 2011 it introduced the members of the executive bureau. In its campaign, this current lays stress on 3 principles: no violence, neither military interference nor tribalism. The National Solidarity Current consists of 15 Kurdish, leftist, national and ethnic Arab organizations. The central nucleus of this coalition front is Syria's National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change led by Hasan Abdul-Azim. This coalition was founded in 1979 and includes 5 groups as well as National Arab and Naseri groups. In terms of ideology they are part of the Progressive Arab Leftist Front. The National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change has opposed the government of Hafez Assad and Bashar Assad since the 1970s. Unlike the Syrian National Council, the National Solidarity Council has called for serious and all-out talks with the Syrian government and it has gained certain achievements. This comes as the National Council which has been founded on the basis of the Western and Arab governments repeats its demand on overthrowing the government of Bashar Assad. Without the support of the West, Turkey and the Persian Gulf Arab states, this current will get nowhere in its fight against the Syrian government. In view of its dependence on foreign governments, the National Council has no popular support but the National Solidarity Current has some supporters and enjoys a traditional popular status. Syria is in a sensitive and dangerous situation and the country’s elite whether in the Syrian government or in the opposition parties inside and outside the country assume a heavy responsibility. Syria will be secure and stable just through talks and reconciliation between the government and the opposition without foreign interference. The western and Arab Front is not fond of democracy and freedom in Syria. If it were so, countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia should put end to despotism and tribalism in their own countries.
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