It indeed brings pity and deep grief to talk about people forcefully fleeing their own homes in Syria, because of the brutal oppression they suffered from. It seems that some people blame them, as they do not try to imagine the great pain of those unfortunates.
The Assad Clan has been dominating Syrian politics by oppression, humiliating the population for over forty years, mostly by making alliances with big powers, namely Russia and Iran.
When in 2011 people showed their anger through huge peaceful demonstrations all over the country, demanding the government to meet their wishes with dignity, democracy and freedom, the Assad regime confronted them with brutal violence. Peaceful demonstrations continued for around eight months, but the oppression continued and escalated, which urged some groups of the army to revolt against the orders of shooting peaceful demonstrators. They created The Free Syrian Army in response to people’s demand, and to the increased violence. The Assad regime called its allies for help; Russia forwarded arms to them, and Iran sent armed militias to suppress the people’s will for freedom and dignity.
More than eleven million people left their homes (half of them because their houses were destroyed), more than four million of them fled and were scattered in different countries, about three hundred thousand were killed (half of them were children and women), and tens of thousands are in prisons (tortured).
To make the situation worse, the Assad’s regime and its allies, indirectly, have given possibilities for ISIS to enter the field and act as a group of fighters, as they are fighting Assad’s opposition itself. And now in September 2015 Russia officially sent its forces, built a military base in Syria and started its bombardments. Surprisingly the Russian Orthodox Church issued the following declaration: “Russia took a responsible decision to use military forces to protect the Syrian people from the woes brought on by the tyranny of terrorists. The Orthodox people have noticed many acts of violence against Christians in the area. Any fight against terrorism is moral; we can even call it a holy fight”. This declaration reminds us of the Crusade against Muslims in Jerusalem in the 11th century.
The Free Syrian Army asked help from other countries, namely the USA and some European countries, and also Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar (all these countries made a declaration as being Friends of the Syrian People). But it is clear that all those countries, despite their talk about liberty and their slogans about protecting democracy, in fact gave very little support to the Syrian people, because of other political considerations linked to the allies of Assad’s regime, like the USA and Europe who are taking into account Israel’s concern of who will come after Assad. It is evident that the brutal Russian’s intervention is raising more tension in the region, especially now that the Military Regime in Egypt and the pro-Iran Iraqi regime declared their support to Assad’s regime.
To conclude, I would say that those fleeing people, who left their homes and were scattered in the world with distress, are without any doubt victims of the Assad’s tyranny and the immorality and dirty politics of the politicians of the big powers. It is very astonishing that a moral power like the Russian Orthodox Church, which should defend the rights for life, for freedom and dignity, supports and encourages the actions of politicians of the calibre of Mr. Putin.
The Assad Clan has been dominating Syrian politics by oppression, humiliating the population for over forty years, mostly by making alliances with big powers, namely Russia and Iran.
When in 2011 people showed their anger through huge peaceful demonstrations all over the country, demanding the government to meet their wishes with dignity, democracy and freedom, the Assad regime confronted them with brutal violence. Peaceful demonstrations continued for around eight months, but the oppression continued and escalated, which urged some groups of the army to revolt against the orders of shooting peaceful demonstrators. They created The Free Syrian Army in response to people’s demand, and to the increased violence. The Assad regime called its allies for help; Russia forwarded arms to them, and Iran sent armed militias to suppress the people’s will for freedom and dignity.
More than eleven million people left their homes (half of them because their houses were destroyed), more than four million of them fled and were scattered in different countries, about three hundred thousand were killed (half of them were children and women), and tens of thousands are in prisons (tortured).
To make the situation worse, the Assad’s regime and its allies, indirectly, have given possibilities for ISIS to enter the field and act as a group of fighters, as they are fighting Assad’s opposition itself. And now in September 2015 Russia officially sent its forces, built a military base in Syria and started its bombardments. Surprisingly the Russian Orthodox Church issued the following declaration: “Russia took a responsible decision to use military forces to protect the Syrian people from the woes brought on by the tyranny of terrorists. The Orthodox people have noticed many acts of violence against Christians in the area. Any fight against terrorism is moral; we can even call it a holy fight”. This declaration reminds us of the Crusade against Muslims in Jerusalem in the 11th century.
The Free Syrian Army asked help from other countries, namely the USA and some European countries, and also Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar (all these countries made a declaration as being Friends of the Syrian People). But it is clear that all those countries, despite their talk about liberty and their slogans about protecting democracy, in fact gave very little support to the Syrian people, because of other political considerations linked to the allies of Assad’s regime, like the USA and Europe who are taking into account Israel’s concern of who will come after Assad. It is evident that the brutal Russian’s intervention is raising more tension in the region, especially now that the Military Regime in Egypt and the pro-Iran Iraqi regime declared their support to Assad’s regime.
To conclude, I would say that those fleeing people, who left their homes and were scattered in the world with distress, are without any doubt victims of the Assad’s tyranny and the immorality and dirty politics of the politicians of the big powers. It is very astonishing that a moral power like the Russian Orthodox Church, which should defend the rights for life, for freedom and dignity, supports and encourages the actions of politicians of the calibre of Mr. Putin.
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