However, the Geneva III talks collapsed and failed to attain its objectives. Instead of the negotiations contributing a cease-fire in Syria and discussing a political solution, things got more complicated more than they ever were.
Saudi Arabia recently announced its readiness to deploy troops to combat ISIS’ terrorism in Syria. The Syrian opposition supported such a move. As’ad al-Zou’bi, the head of the Syrian opposition negotiating delegation, gave many reasons for supporting Riyadh’s new decision.
Al-Zou’bi said that “neither Russia nor Assad would allow for the eradication of ISIS since this organization has become a tool for Assad to prove to the world that he is the only one fighting terrorism,” adding that “Russia entered Syria under the pretext of also fighting ISIS, however, we have seen that most of its air strikes have been targeting the opposition rather than ISIS.”
In addition, the failure of the anti-ISIS coalition’s daily strikes to deteriorate ISIS’ power in the region has also contributed to proving that no one is truly fighting ISIS and that there has been a true lack of honesty towards the helpless Syrian people.
However, Saudi Arabia has taken way too long to make an actual move in favor of the Syrian opposition and the Syrian people. Is it actually in favor of the Syrian people or is just an attempt to end the recent dispute between Riyadh and Tehran?
The humanitarian situation in Syria is only getting worse and worse by the day as Russian warplanes blast schools, hospitals and residential areas, while Assad and his Shiite militias attack on-ground and advance.
Al-Zou’bi added that “those who advanced in Aleppo were not Assad’s but rather Iranian and Kurdish forces, Assad has only 400 officers left in Aleppo province leaving him powerless. The rest of the forces are all Iranians, Russians and Kurds, and whatever they take control of will be under Iranian power.”
He said that “Iran is dealing with Assad only to legitimize its presence inside Syria,” which supports Iran’s greater plan of spreading its influence into the Middle East. The world powers argue that Assad is still the president of Syria, though he lost control of a great fraction of Syrian territory and many of the Syrians have denounced his legitimacy. This, in fact, under international law, does not make him the legitimate president of Syria, meaning that both Iran’s and Russia’s involvement in Syria is illegal.
Regarding America’s Plan B, the Syrian opposition no longer has faith in the US, for they have, until now, not provided ammunition support to the Syrian opposition fighting factions. Furthermore, the US supported fighting factions which stood against the Syrian moderate opposition, like the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
The new US plan could perhaps be a scheme to annihilate the Syrian opposition groups rather than to help them.
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