With the backing of Russia and China and massive support from Iran
and Hezbollah, Bashar Al-Assad now has a license to kill innocent
people. A British doctor who was on a humanitarian mission in Aleppo and
detained by Assad’s forces lost his life after 13 months in detention
and brutal torture. The Syrian regime has dropped barrel bombs in Aleppo and hundreds of
civilians have lost their lives. Unfortunately, instead of saving the
lives of millions of Syrians, the international community is more
interested in the destruction of Assad’s chemical weapons. US
Secretary of State John Kerry said that he is pleased with the
cooperation of the Syrian government and is now working with Russia to
destroy Syria’s chemical weapons. It seem that the Assad regime is using
the chemical weapons issue to extend its rule with the help of Russia
and Iran. According to the UN’s latest estimates, more than 100,000
people have lost their lives during the last two years in the Syrian
conflict. Due to the heavy use of air power, the scale of destruction is
very high and in several areas, large buildings have been turned into
rubble.
Due to fierce gun battles and the use of heavy weapons, three million
people most of them women and children have been forced to leave their
homes and flee to neighboring countries. A large number of people are
living in refugee camps and are in need of the basic necessities of
life. Due to the division in the UN Security Council, the UN is not able to
create a no-fly zone in Syria. Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon have been
badly affected. Jordan is hosting 2.5 million Syrian refugees equal to
half of its own population. Lebanon is faced with internal division
between pro and anti-Assad groups and many people have lost their lives
due to fighting in several residential areas.
Khawaja Umer Farooq, Jeddah
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