United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, addresses a news conference on the latest developments in Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 12, 2015.
VOA: UN Official: Partition of Syria Possible if No Improvement
GENEVA - A senior United Nations official warns the partition of Syria is possible if the situation in the conflict-ridden country continues to deteriorate or is left in its current chaotic state.
Staffan de Mistura said he considers the possible partition of Syria as one of the worst-case scenarios, and he said the major powers and Syria's warring factions do not want this scenario to occur.
De Mistura, the secretary-general's special envoy for Syria, however, said he has noted a de facto partitioning already occurring.
WNU Editor: The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is correct .... this war in its current state will only result in a de facto partition of Syria .... a worrisome prospect in view of the fact that this would mean that groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State would be able to hold onto their territories. On a side note .... Staffan de Mistura is going to be doing some travelling this week .... UN peace envoy for Syria heading to Moscow, Washington (Channel News Asia/AFP) .... but I suspect that while they will politely listen to him, all sides are now pursuing their own agenda.
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I'd often said that the both the international diplomatic community (and the West) would opt for the Islamic State to become an actual State, so they can attempt to both negotiate with it and try to harness it with the bindings of having to be a State.
Phillip,
You may be correct on that. Right now it seems to have all of the benefits of being a State without the costs ordinarily associated with that. If it becomes an actual state, then it has certain costs associated with it that it does not currently have. Also, if it needs to be hit militarily, there would now be an actual "address" so to speak as opposed to the current loosely affiliated groups.
Unless the Russians sign off on such a plan I don't think this is going to happen anyway. As such, I'm not sure why this UN official is wasting his time.
With the Editor here.
And as I've said before it's zero sum.
Russia has a big decision to make: all in for Syria black white red with green stars or half assed: Damascus as Saigon.
I'm sure they know the answer.
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