Status and condition inside Syria:
Political fighting hits fresh heights in Syria in 2012. During an attack in Assad on July 18, many high ranking officers, defense ministers and the president’s brother in law were killed. Forces seized and controlled many border crossings and huge tracts of Syrian land.
Syrian opposition activities:
The major opposition movement, is the Syrian National Council (SNC) by the country’s Sunni population combined with an Islamic group similar to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Syrian National Council supports Assad’s opponents, but dislikes its familial counterparts.
The Public Coordination Commission is an opponent union of self-governing persons including the Kurdish activists. Hassan Abdel Azim led this group.
The Free Syrian Army is another set of army defenders that depose Assad by force. Riad al-Asad led the Free Syrian Army. The Free Syrian Army argue that they have 15,000 fighters, but analysts suggest that they are no more than 7000.
Six tip plan of Kofi Annan:
Kofi Annan, a messenger to Syria, gave a six point harmony plan in 2012 to end the Syrian crisis. The points of the plan are given as:
- Work by the global messenger.
- End fighting under UN cease-fire, Syrian military to prevent using heavy arms and pull oout from inhabitant’s centers.
- Permit charitable aid.
- Free charged detainees.
- Guarantee lack of restrictions of movement for the media.
- Value passive demonstrations.
Initially, the government agreed to put up with by the points of plan; however, on April 8, they said that they would not remove their military from cities until armed revolutionary groups provided a written declaration to stop the fighting. The Syrian Army discarded this demand.
United State Sanctions on Syria:
The United State put down a range of sanctions that forbid aid and confined mutual trade. These include limitations on foreign aid, defense exports, and air travel of Syrian airplanes in United States. It also reduced diplomatic ties, enforced travel bans on Syrians diplomats, froze overseas transactions in Syrian property and many other miscellaneous restrictions.
Sanctions of European Union on Syria:
The European Union approved many sanctions on Assad in the 2011 revolution. Some important sanctions include:
- Journey bans forced on peak individuals of the Syrian army including Assad family.
- Sanction imposed on the central bank of Syria.
- Bans on export of tools and Syrian oil.
Sanctions Impact:
The sanctions forced by the union of Arab States and European Union hit Syria the hardest. These sanctions prohibit transactions of government income with the individuals, state owned institutions and companies.
In the recent crisis in Syria, thousands of Muslims died and many are homeless. There is shortage of food and medicines for the victims and many houses are destroyed. Now it’s time to resolve the crisis of Syria. The international community needs to create a proper plan for an orderly transfer of power from the majority to the minorities on an equal basis. In Syria, the only condition of peace is the equal transfer of rights among human beings. There should be no difference on the basis of caste. Equality is necessary for peace.
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