Syrian truce agreed upon
The new ceasefire that the United States and Russia reached on Syria is due to come into effect on September 12, the first day of Eid-ul-Azha. The deal, if enforced, would open a new chapter in one of the deadliest and longest conflicts in the Middle East in modern times. It would pave the way for a joint military campaign by Moscow and Washington against Jihadists. President Assad who has given approval to the plan would have to stop attacking moderate rebels and these groups would have to sever ties with jihadist groups.
This is a conflict that has drawn in all major powers in the region and become a quagmire with no clear winner. The Syrian civil war has claimed nearly 400,000 casualties and left the country devastated with millions displaced. The war is fuelling the global Jihadist war machine that has taken the war to other continents and whilst all that is going on, helpless Syrians witness the systematic destruction of their land and their way of life.
How long do we keep justifying this conflict with our lofty ideals and our sense of moral justice that leaves a nation and its people in a state of conflict? There comes a time when the world's superpowers have to take the lead to rein in on overenthusiastic allies and deliver the message to local militias that enough is enough. Leave Syria to the Syrians. Let the people of Syria manage their affairs and get back to their homeland to rebuild their shattered lives and build a future for their children and their children's children.
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