The foreign ministers of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt met in Amman on Monday to discuss a solution to the crisis in Syria in the latest step towards Damascus fully normalizing with regional countries.
The ministers released a joint statement expressing support for Syria to regain control of all of its territory, which includes the area of eastern Syria occupied by US forces.
According to the statement, the ministers agreed to work to “support Syria and its institutions in any legitimate efforts to extend its control over its lands and impose the rule of law, and end the presence of armed and terrorist groups on Syrian lands, and stop foreign interference in Syrian internal affairs.”
The ministers support working to “gradually reach a political solution that ends the suffering of the brotherly Syrian people and the catastrophic consequences of the Syrian crisis, achieves national reconciliation, and puts Syria on the road to reconstruction.” They agreed to establish working groups to build on the progress made in the meeting.
“This meeting is the beginning of an Arab-led political path to reach a solution to the crisis,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said of the meeting.
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have been leading an effort to bring Syria back into the Arab League, which Damascus was expelled from in 2011. The US is strongly opposed to these efforts as it prefers to keep Syria isolated under crippling economic sanctions, which are designed to prevent the country’s reconstruction.
On top of the sanctions, the US has about 900 troops in eastern Syria and backs the Kurdish-led SDF, allowing the US to control about one-third of Syrian territory, an area where most of Syria’s oil resources are located. If Syria normalizes with more regional countries, the US would likely come under pressure from its Arab allies to withdraw and lift the sanctions.
Borders, they matter. I blame the US on this one.
Thanks to China. Reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran opened the way for decolonization of Near East. While NATO is struggling to push Russia from Russian lands, Arabs started the process of liberation of Arab lands from US/Israel occupiers.
The important person in this process is Mohammed bin Salman. He is a bright politician and a great leader. In the last years the relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia also improved greatly. This change was possible, of course, mostly thanks to Ramzan Kadyrov.
The coalition of the countries opposing the global oligarchy is increasing and hardly anyone can stop this process.
The “Rules based International Order” clashing in all its imperial ugliness with International Law.
And what about Turkey, also a Muslim country that’s is directly involved in the occupation of NE parts of Syria ?
Turkiye is not an Arab nation. The article specifically notes the intended normalization between ARAB countries.
Turkey is also moving toward Assad, and on the same basis of a deal at the expense of the Kurds.
The Turkish camps have been a base of the US (using Saudi money) to support the jihadi head chopping crazies in their attack on Assad. Turkey goes along with the CIA running those camps (DoD runs the ones in Jordan, the CIA those in Turkey, in an internal US deal).
Turkey itself would as soon be rid of all of them, if only it could do that and be rid of the Kurds too. The Arabs are now offering that deal. It is the same deal that Erdogan and Assad made in the 1998 pact ending the last time they came to the edge of a Turkish invasion of Syria.
Where is moving Turkey we will learn after the elections.
True!
Awesome to see all the Arab nations reconciling.
This is what the Arab world needs to combat Amerikkkan hegemony and isolate IsraHell.
(every single arab everywhere) released a joint statement expressing support for Syria to regain control of all of its territory, which includes the area of eastern Syria occupied by US forces.
and uncle sam will retaliate by raising the prices of fuel….. in the US.
So the Arab league wants Syria to gain full control over its territory and kick the U.S. occupied forces out?
Easier said than done. Then again, I see them instigating a scenario to skyrocket oil price by making a such a foolish move. With Israel indiscriminately bombing their capital and the fact that the same league orchestrated the ISIS movement, how about some help before barking orders to Syria.
“Easier said than done” – the illegal occupation of Syrian land by US militaries is not so profitable for US as one may think. All the world, particular Arabs, can see how Americans are stealing Arab oil and wheat. It doesn’t improve the image of US and in the end helps to shift the balance in favor of the coalition led by Russia and China.
It’s not about profitability they care for. It’s obstruction and control.
Did they jump or were they pushed in supporting ISIS? American history of covert and overt involvement in Syria is rooted in the 50s of the last century .CIA ,UK with and without local helps have been trying to control Syria by instigating internal fights, creating hostile groups, demonizing existing regime as illegal or aggressive , by recruiting one religion against another or forcing the religion to displace the secular forces of nationalism . CIA, Eishenhower, McMillan(UK) ,in 50s to 60s followed by more recent from 2000 Richard Perle ,Abrams, , Feith, Dobrianksy, and Wurmser have been in the forefront of changing Syrian government .
“Mr. President, you know the rhetoric of regime change is headed towards you from the United States. They are actively looking for a new Syrian leader. They’re granting visas and visits to Syrian opposition politicians. They’re talking about isolating your diplomatically and, perhaps, a coup d’etat or your regime crumbling. What are you thinking about that? http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/12/alassad.transcript- CNN host to Syrian leader in 2005
“Paul Wolfowitz and Joe Lieberman vent their frustration over Obama “chickening out” and squandering the golden chance to get the U.S. into direct war in Syria.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was still rooting for a chance to revive the military option and like Lieberman suggesting that the President didn’t really need congressional approval and shouldn’t be deterred by popular opposition either. https://consortiumnews.com/2013/09/14/how-war-on-syria-lost-its-way/
Members of the same “tribe”… big surprise.
I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure Eisenhower wasn’t Jewish. But yeah, if you pick a bunch of names of people of the same ethnicity who share the same views (that many people not of that ethnicity also share), it’s easy to trick some people (including, apparently, you) into identifying the views with the ethnicity.
Eisenhower came as close to being anti-Israel as has any President. He stopped the 1956 invasion of Egypt (Suez Crisis) for example. He otherwise tried to keep his distance. He generally agreed with George Marshall on most things, and Marshall as Sec of State openly opposed Truman about the creation of Israel.
Wolfowitz, Perle and Levin ARE of the same “tribe”, Thomas.
I have as much right to criticize the Zionists in our own guvvmint as I do of those in Israel’s.
Including non-Jews such as Lady G and Kevin McBarfy.
Wolfowitz, Perle and Levin are of the same “tribe” as Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Amira Hass and Gideon Levy.
They also have the similar views on Palestine as John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, John Ashcroft , Mike Pence, John Hagee and millions of evangelical Christians. Thomas Knapp has a good point.
And let’s not forget Medea Benjamin and Phil Weiss, all heroes of mine.
The big difference is that they are not Zionists.
And I believe I pointed out that not all Jews are Zionists, nor are all Zionists Jews.
Oh but the watchdogs don’t like that, but criticizing the Asians (Chinese), Muslims, or Koreans doesn’t get challenged.
Liar.
Yes, you have as much right to criticize Zionists as anyone has to criticize anyone else.
And I have the same right to notice when you specifically single out Zionists of a particular ethnicity — an ethnicity that’s a minority even among Zionists — and refer to their “tribe.” As you clearly demonstrate, you KNOW of non-Jewish Zionists. You had to WORK to specifically single out Jews.
Yeah, I really busted my ass on that one, Thomas 😉
And I call my own peeps my “tribe” as well. 🙂
“Arab Ministers Finally Woke up to Call for Syria to Regain Control of Its Territory”
How about ENDING THE BOMBING BY ISRAEL! Israel aircraft hit Alleppo airport. Again.
The portion occupied by the US is also the portion used by the Kurds to pursue their dream of independence.
This Arab comment is as much anti-Kurd as it is anti-DC. They care more about the Kurds, and agree more completely that they all hate the Kurds.
Since when does anybody listen to the Arabs when Wash. and Tel Aviv call the shots (literally). Too much oil and profits to be made in Syria, got it yet? it all comes down to MONEY the root of all kinds of evil.
I smell a rat….It would make perfect sense to tell the Israeli apartheid state to stop its bombing raids to Syria and to tell the US to get the hell out of Syria and stop stealing that nations resources.
The Saudies hypocrisy is it’s role in releasing prisoners on death row and tell them to go and join Isis.
Egypt is a police state and yup another US puppet state.
Jordan and Iraq are both US puppet states.
This is why I smell a rat – to me it’s utterly points less to blame the victim for being a victim when the role of the agressors and its accomplishes is well known.
This shouldn’t be a case of telling Syria to regain control over it’s territory as it’s not responsible for the mess that was created by the aggressors and all their accomplishes.
What I fear is that this will be used as an ultimatum where in the case of failure they will send in their own to take control over the disputed territories and carve up Syria in the process which become another move towards the dreaded Oded Yinon Plan.
It’s amazing how the US is occupying the 1/3 of Syria that contains oil fields, yet the US MSM only cry about Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Nothing to see here…. hey look over there…Russians!!!
Never mind that the US and it’s cadre of willing sub missives orchestrated the entire catastrophe in Syria.
Year ago before all this went down people did not believe me when I mentioned that Syria had lots of oil and was planning to build a pipeline with Iraq and Iran to EU – someone else wanted in on the action and was denied – not long after that the whole thing turned sour.
What the US has done after 9-11 and in Syria ought to make any normally thinking person disgusted – but this is what they do and why it need to be ended.
Another thing that’s amazing would be the fact that the Syrians would have been quite willing to have sold their oil in exchange for the confetti dollar – so it’s about something else the stealing of Syrian oil is just an excuse to keep US forces holding territory while the sadistic IDF arries out it’s bombing missions against a population that’s recovering from not only numerous years of proxy war fare but also from a recent earthquake.
Warsaw Ghetto survivors would have a few things to say about that or a key Human rights panel at the UN…O never mind that’s headed by the Saudies – who appear to be related to the 3 wise monkey’s.