Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem

Political Situation in Syria

It seems that Bashar al-Assad will remain in power for the moment once the icons of the old guard who are impeding the execution of the American reforms are removed together with the security teams whose hands are tainted with the blood of the demonstrators and once the unilateral dominion of the ruling Baath party is terminated, even if it led to its dissolution. The statements of the US and Western officials, as well as the Turkish and Arab officials, indicate that they support a domestic solution. There is hardly any mention of Bashar Al-Assad’s removal. In addition to the US President Obama’s reluctance to address the removal of Bashar Al-Assad, the State Department’s spokesperson Mark Toner had commented on Bashar Al-Assad’s second speech by saying that it "fell short with respect to the kinds of reforms that the Syrian people demanded.” The Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Dawood Oglu for his part was quoted by the Anatolia Press Agency as saying that “his country rejected any foreign intervention in Syria and believed that the continued popular uprising in that country ought to be resolved domestically.” Furthermore, the Emir of Qatar Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani was quoted as saying by al-Safir newspaper during his visit to Paris: “There is talk about imposing sanctions, but we support a solution that emanates from within the Syrian household and fulfils the aspirations of the Syrian people.” Bashar Al-Assad was also excepted from the recent European sanctions which included 13 Syrian personalities from the ruling elite in Damascus.