Russia and China today joined the rest of the United Nations Security Council in endorsing former UN chief Kofi Annan’s plan for a negotiated settlement in Syria. The statement was agreed upon after Russia managed to get a number of ultimatums from the initial French proposal removed.
Since he became the special UN envoy to Syria, Annan has managed to put considerable momentum behind negotiation, a major shift from a number of Western nations who were demanding military intervention. So far, however, the Assad regime has offered only tepid support for the deal and several rebel factions have rejected the notion of negotiation on general principle.
In a sign that’s probably not going to change, a number of Islamist factions are seen to have gained considerable influence within the Free Syrian Army (FSA), with an eye toward turning it from a straight-forward rebel army for a civil war into an open-ended insurgency.
Meanwhile, violence continued today, with opposition claiming a number of civilians killed in Homs. The clashes also appear to have spanned across the border into Lebanon, as several shells hit the border village of al-Qaa, injuring one. Al-Qaa has been a popular location for Syrian rebel factions, as well as refugees fleeing the fighting.
There is a saying that: a crazy person start a fire where thousands needed to put it out. In regard to Syria is not about a person is about hundred of crazies needing millions to put out the fire.
Having said that, is not about religious but the stupidity of those who gives the tools to that person to start the fire. Sarkozi, Obama, Saudis, UAE, King of Jordan, Turkey, and some others are those crazies giving the tools to that craziest to start yet another war in Middle east.
The westren politicians don't care about how many Syrians or Lebanese or for that matter any other nationals are killed in middle east, what they say is what they want, a war with Iran going via Damascus and Iraq, if they can they will do it and send back US military to Iraq or attacking Iran from Afghanistan, otherwise Hillary, Barack Hussein Obama, Joe Biden and all the generals knows that Afghanistan war is not winnable, if it was they should have had a celebration party at white house with EU governments invited 5 years ago. Us and EU militarism regimes looking for any opportunity to get to Iran no matter what, if they can attack Iran from other countries in central Asia they will do, if Israel attacks Iran they will help.
The policy of Obama is same as George W. Bush and what his political adviser were telling him to do, especially Paul Wolfowitz and his idea that US needs to stand in front of anyone, using its mighty army for US interests around the world. We point it out that Hillary Clinton is one of the followers of that idea as Madeline Albright was. Making deals with Saudis and UAE is about Iran, is not about democracy nor is about religious or anything in between. US democratic party is as divided as planets around the sun, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, the security services and their mercenaries, the generals are the one running US-EU wara, Obama is acting as Liberal Democrats mimicking Dr. Martin Luther King but continuing with George W. Bush legacy, meanwhile people in Syria and Libya and other part of this world are killed because of Paul Wolfowitz and people like him who follow his idea of being the father of all Zionism in USA. Obama playing the good cop putting up the good face smiling and promising a "nationalized healthcare” and a "million man jobs" in next few years, rest who voted for him looking for answers to clarify the bad idea when they voted for him. Look you are either a democrat and know the principals in democracy, working for democracy by having a just justice system, a just social economic system, acting as a true democrat wanting a functioning democratic system for American people, to start with you can tell the AIPAC , French, English, Saudis and UAE to buzz off and those whom are in for a bigger war, if it starts, then is not controllable where as you know, the entire middle east start burning. You got your war (Libya) under your name and is sealed as "Obama war" in state department “Library” and you got your peace prize what els do you need, the “Empire" tittle.
No "humanitarian" blood bath in Syria, thanks to Russia.
Annans plan is identical to the Russian one one "McDonalds & Co" rejected when they still where drunk on their "victory" right after the Libyan massacres, 30,000 slaughtered and the most developed and rich country in Africa turned into rubble.
I love you guys, but this is like the fifteenth story with a reference to a single Syrian city, Homs, and a map which doesn't include Homs. Can you fix it?