Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, talks with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon in Jerusalem.
Peace In Syria Unlikely Despite New U.S. Vigor, Israeli Official Says -- US News and World Report
Chaos will continue with or without Assad, says Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
The Israeli defense minister said Friday there is no peaceful solution for Syria in sight, just hours after the U.S. announced a newly invigorated policy toward the two-year-old civil war.
Minister Moshe Ya'alon, the former chief of staff to the Israeli Defense Forces, said he cannot predict the outcome of the internal conflict that has caused 90,000 deaths in Syria, according to U.N. estimates, despite the White House announcement Thursday that it would begin new military and diplomatic policies in response to the regime's use of chemical weapons.
Heavy violence has marred the sectarian conflict between both domestic factions as well as outside forces such as Hezbollah, Iran and groups associated with al-Qaida. Even if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does fall, the country will be left in chaos, Ya'alon said.
"We can't see any conclusion in the current situation, with Assad or without Assad," he said at the D.C.-based Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "[There is a] very hostile relationship between the sectors which will affect the future of Syria for a very, very long period of time."
Read more ....
My Comment: The Israeli defense minister is right. The bitterness of the Syrian civil war is going to last for generations.
No comments:
Post a Comment