Dohaـ It was considered a session “Studying ways to solve the Syrian crisis” – within activities Doha Forum– that “The Syrian crisis is one of the largest humanitarian and political tragedies that the Arab region has witnessed in the last decade, since its outbreak.” 2011 “It is time to solve it.”
The forum session was considered…Its work began today in the Qatari capital and will continue for two days in the presence of many heads of state and officials. Syria and its people have been greatly affected by the repercussions of this ongoing crisis, which has resulted in millions of victims and refugees at home and abroad. As time passed, the tragedy continued to intensify and prolong, which continues to greatly impact the lives of innocent civilians and cause the humanitarian situation to deteriorate.
Session participants also stressed that the Syrian people face enormous challenges during this long period of crisis, as civilians were subjected to horrific acts of violence, including continuous bombing, siege, and chemical attacks, causing massive loss of life and massive destruction of infrastructure, homes, hospitals, and schools.
Urgent intervention
The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, stressed that the crisis in this country needs urgent international intervention and the necessity of the participation of the Iranians, Russians, Turks and Americans as they are among the players strongly involved in the Syrian file, noting that the political process has reached a dead end and an approach must be found between the regime and the opposition. .
Pedersen expressed his hope that the status quo will be changed as soon as possible, warning that unless that happens, “we will lose another opportunity to help end the Syrian conflict in a negotiated manner.”
The Special Envoy stressed the importance of resuming the political process between the Syrian parties through international auspices, stressing the importance of building confidence among all major parties, by taking mutual, verifiable steps.
Regarding the humanitarian situation and refugees, Pedersen said that dealing with this deteriorating and worsening situation is not just a humanitarian necessity, but will also contribute to building confidence that progress on political issues is also possible, pointing out that the current conditions in Syria do not help the safe and voluntary return of refugees, He called on the Syrian regime to make more efforts to dispel fears related to protecting refugees and providing them with security and decent living.
For her part, the French envoy to Syria, Brigitte Curmi, stressed the need to obtain broader political support and international cooperation to end the Syrian tragedy that has been ongoing since 2011, and to apply effective mechanisms to ensure the implementation of international resolutions and hold the regime responsible for its escape from these resolutions, especially after the political process reached a dead end.
Constant suffering
Qormi called for the need to search for solutions to deal with the Syrian regime, which ignores any solutions that can be agreed upon, considering that the Arab League’s decision to return Syria’s seat will provide an opportunity to support efforts aimed at resolving the crisis there.
The same spokeswoman stressed the need for consensus between the Syrian parties and not to forget the Syrian people who have been suffering for more than a decade, and the necessity of providing them with humanitarian aid.
In turn confirms the head Coalition Syrian Hadi Al-Bahra said that all the solutions and initiatives that were proposed to resolve the crisis failed due to the obstruction strategies pursued by Bashar al-Assad’s regime, indicating that this regime lives on crises, creates them, and seeks to keep them alive to justify its presence in power.
Al-Bahra explained, in an interview with Al Jazeera Net, that the Geneva Declaration, which was announced in 2014, presented a clear plan to resolve the crisis, but the regime refused to listen and comply with it and continued to place obstacles to any solutions, stressing that unless the international community pressures the Assad regime, it will continue to be stubborn and fight it. And his war on the Syrian people.
Redressing grievances and holding accountable
The head of the Syrian coalition adds that redressing grievances against the people is linked to the political path, and if a final political process is approved, transitional justice will be part of it, indicating that as the regime continues to reject the political process and continues to attempt to thwart it, it must be subjected to accountability and accountability through various possible means, including filing lawsuits before… European national courts or pushing through various means to obtain a decision from the United Nations General Assembly to transfer the crimes of the Syrian regime to the International Court of Justice.
Al-Bahra warns that unless the international community rushes to resolve the crisis in Syria, it will worsen and turn from a “humanitarian crisis” into a humanitarian catastrophe, especially since the current situation indicates that half of the Syrian people may face famine, as well as the collapse of institutions and general chaos.
The head of the Syrian coalition does not believe that Damascus’s return to the Arab League will contribute to resolving the crisis in his country, noting that since the situation erupted in 2011, he has been Syrian and not due to disagreements with Arab or other regimes, stressing that the solution is to lift the grievances against the Syrian people and hold the perpetrators accountable. Crimes against him.
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Overlapping limbs
In the same context, Chargé d’Affairs at the Syrian Embassy in Qatar, Bilal Turkiya, said that the Syrian crisis has been going on for more than 12 years and has been made more complicated by the intervention of many international and regional parties, as there are forces of several countries on Syrian territory in addition to the ongoing Israeli bombing, considering that this complexity is due to Conflict and contradiction between the overlapping parties after the solution was out of the hands of the Syrians due to the intransigence of the Assad regime.
Turkiya explained, in an interview with Al Jazeera Net, that the Assad regime no longer has political solutions, and the only solution he sees is the return of Syria completely under his control, stressing that the international community bears a great responsibility towards resolving this issue, which is the most important in the region and its impact will be great on everyone. neighboring countries.
The Chargé d’Affaires spoke about the efforts and initiatives undertaken by some civil society organizations to hold symbols of the Syrian regime accountable for its crimes, the latest of which was the ruling issued against Al-Assad by a French court.
As for the British envoy to Syria, Anne Snow, she confirmed that the Syrian crisis has not ended and is still ongoing, and there is an urgent humanitarian situation that must be taken into account by ensuring urgent and necessary humanitarian aid to the Syrians affected by the war, especially the northwest of the country.
Snow pointed out that the Syrian crisis has entered its thirteenth year, and that it has left devastating effects on the Syrian people, as it caused the death of nearly half a million people, the displacement of more than 13 million, and caused widespread destruction in the Syrian infrastructure and economy.