The killing of 200 people in the village of Tremseh has confirmed the depth of the Syrian crisis and the dangers it poses for the region; it has also exposed major problems for international institutions. In Tremseh, one of the bloodiest episodes since the uprising started in 2011 occurred on July 12 when, according to United Nations observers, heavily armed government forces targeted rebels and defectors. A week later, a suicide bomber killed defence minister Daoud Rajha, his deputy Assef Shawkat, who was also President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law, and former defence minister Hassan Turkomani; a fourth victim, national security chief Hisham Ikhtiar, died later from his injuries. That the attack took place at the National Security Bureau in Damascus is a huge blow to the Ba’ath regime. Fighting continues in Damascus, and thousands of civilians have already tried to take shelter in a Palestinian refugee camp at Yarmouk, a southern district of the city. In a further key development, Russia and China have for the third time vetoed a Syria-related U.N. Security Council resolution, with Russia rejecting sanctions and military intervention; Moscow also accuses the western powers of blackmailing it with threats to block the renewal of the U.N. Supervision Mission unless it collaborates over Syria.
The violence there, which has claimed 17,000 lives so far, is itself terrible, but the inability of the international community to reach any kind of agreement means the crisis will almost certainly escalate even further. That Mr. Assad is in deepening trouble is not in doubt. Senior-level defections from his regime are becoming more frequent, and the rebels now hold five border crossings, four to Iraq and one to Turkey. Nevertheless the prospects for post-Assad stability do not look bright. The United States, in the person of its U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, says it will work outside the Security Council to put pressure on the regime; this is ominously reminiscent of the prelude to the illegal Iraq invasion in 2003. Second, there is increasing evidence of tension among the rebels resulting from the increasing involvement of extreme Islamists sponsored by West Asian Sunni-majority states, which have also provided sophisticated weapons of western manufacture. None of the external players is showing any motivation beyond self-interest. If Russia and China are concerned about the fate of the Assad regime, the U.S. and its allies are not willing to draft a balanced resolution that pushes regime opponents towards talks. Unless the big powers give up their games, Syrian civilians will continue dying by the thousand.
So far this has been a UN sponsored slaughter because the UN is not really "united". The Mulsim world should start boycotting chinese products as a start to support the Syrian prople.
The Arab and Mulsim nations should suspend trade with those that support this criminal regime in Syria.
Also the UN should wake up and smell the roses. They are not "united" so instead of playing pretend games, just kick the chinese and rusians out of its club.
"Might is right"is the game of the day may be either with money or weapons.Do you think UN has no estimation as to how many people have died in Iraq,Libya,Afghanistan,Pakistan and how many are dieing in Syria and African countries?What for UN is?IT's high time UN must be restructured.A UN member how can attack unilaterally other country?UN has lost its meaning.
I wish Hindu must publish some article on UN today.
Trust the Hindu to come up with this spin, however hard to justify. A ruthlessly inhuman
regime slaughters its own people, with it's international patrons Russia and China supporting
this murderous regime for looking after their own self interests, and you manage to blame the
US, as usual. If you want to be a credible source for newsworthy information, then you need
to come out of viewing the world the same way as your ideological cousins, the communists
and leftists. There is no evidence thus far to suggest that the resistance is anything but home
grown, but you say what you beleive anyway, without providing a shred of proof, and then
jump to the next assumption that the US has any influence over these disparate groups. I am
sure as usual, you will not publish this letter.
In the Syrian regime change game,the most affected and the most tortured are the civilians.everybody is looking for his own benefit. USA and Israel want to change regime at any cost whether by negotiations or by bloodshed, in order to counter Hizbullah on one hand,and to weaken Iran on the other.Turkey has its own antagonism and decades old hostility towards Syria,for which it has armed thousands of Salafi terrorist against the Bashar Al Asad regime . these terrorist ,bereft of mind and humanity ,aided by Salafi loby,have started to pave the way for another Iraq.
This is indeed a matter of great concern for the civilians of Syria. The member of security council should try to draw consensus over their concern regarding Assad regime and and the rebels, there must be some talks between the rival parties in order to secure the life of innocent citizen.
Syrian crisis
It is very sad that many of third world are going through crisis. So many civilians and rebels are loosing their life. What are the main problems they are facing in similarly. One of them is religious based political movements is trying to capture the ruling of their country. The other problem is the greedily facing of mainly of the U S. For the peace of the common they must give up their belief mixing with ruling.
It looks west asia crisis will not solve in near future.The U.S.and it's allies determined to overthrow BASHAR ASSAD REGIME.Once Turkey was a weak state but it changed rapidly.Syria has to do the same otherwise it will remain the playground for power struggle.
Sir,As you said, Syrians are betrayed, but how? It is now becoming more apparent that even the Religious Sect of Bashar Asad(Nusairiyah/Alawite)starts distancing themselves from the atrocities of the President, in this late stage. But, long before this, even before this uprising, there were strong complaints( I have heard it personally) against the present regime that they had suppressed some of the Sects within the Sunni Mainstream to the extent the forces were selectively killing those people in the beginning of the revolution.Nonetheless, We, being peace lovers, hope and pray for a ruling institution that is concerned of its people and works for them without injustice to any one.
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