Syria’s conflicts and the many world orders’ state of denial

Mohamed Chebarro writes in his latest article in Al-Arabiya English that all of the developments that took place at the G20 Summit indicate how little progress has been made, even after five years of Syrian conflict, arguing that “hypocrisy has replaced policy.”

The writer mentions how Obama stated Syria ceasefire deal with Russia ‘not there yet’, Putin insisted that further talks are needed with the Americans to reach a truce in Aleppo, Erdogan attempted to work with the Russians for a truce (only in Aleppo) to be announced prior to Eid al-Adha next week, while Merkel bluntly revealed that Moscow enjoys the upper hand in matters that concern Syria and the Assad regime.

“This is all the international community could muster in a bid to stop the killing in Syria,” the writer argues, “the bloodshed that started as Syrians’ peaceful rebellion against the Assad family’s 40-year rule gradually metamorphosed into a regime’s war on its own people, a war on terror, a Hezbollah war to protect Assad, an Iranian war to protect the Shiite, an international coalition against terror, a Russian war, and lastly a Turkish offensive against the Kurds.”

“For the past five years, we were led to believe that the common objective for the international community was to end Syria’s many wars,” the writer explains, “but peace remains elusive.”

The writer then argues that “very little is said or thought about how to end the conflict or ask how the Syrians in the country or those forcibly displaced by ethnic cleansing in few cases or those outside the country perceive a possible end to the conflict.”

“Obama, Putin, Erdogan and Merkel, to mention just a few, are evading the real questions by calling for truce, transitional period, and safe zones,” the writer argues, explaining that “these utterances suit their short term vision of how to contain a conflict that has become a proxy to many serious wars.”

The writer argues that “the state of denial with which all are treating the Syrian question is indicative of both a crisis of leadership, statesmanship and commitment to peace and order.”