Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad admonishes Western countries on interfering in domestic affairs

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad admonishes Western countries on interfering in domestic affairs

In his first address to the western media after a very long time, Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad admonished the Western Nations on interfering with country’s domestic problems. He urged that any outside interference could lead to an earthquake that could
create havoc in the Middle Eastern region. The premier spoke to the Britain’s Sunday Telegraph on Sunday, October 30 through a printed interview.

The Syrian Government has been criticized by many nations across the world for inadequately handling the civil unrest in the country. Many supporters of the opposition of the government are urging the western nations to observe a no-fly zone restriction
over the country, similar to the one imposed on Libya, this year.

Protests against the local government are rampant and many civilians have been reported killed. The United Nations has reported 3,000 people have been killed since the rallies kicked off, this year. Furthermore, 200 of those individuals were children. The
President has reported mistakes earlier on, in the year, but now he claims to be fighting terrorists who have killed 1,100 soldiers and police personnel.

Syria has been inflicted with oil export sanctions and there is a demand for the President to step down. Even the Arab League has joined the call to end the violence. However the Premier believes the situation is different in the country.

Western Nations "are going to ratchet up the pressure; definitely. But Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen. The history is different. The politics is different."

"Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans? Any problem in Syria will burn the whole region. If the plan is to divide Syria, that is to divide the whole region."

While the opposition to the Government claims that the protests are directed towards freedom, the President believes there is an Islamist agenda. The nation has been in good ties with Iran and there is criticism that the country has given citizenship to
the Kurds. The President has enforced a reform to decrease the violence but little hope exists.

"The pace of reform is not too slow. The vision needs to be mature. It would take only 15 seconds to sign a law, but if it doesn’t fit your society, you’ll have division," he said.

With mounting pressure on Syria building from all corridors, it remains a speculative guess on when the United Nations or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization decides to deal with the problem?

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Posted by Zuhaib Gull on Oct 31 2011. Filed under Middle East. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry