Overall, the government’s foreign and security policy priorities have indeed been primarily focused on northern Syrian territories controlled by the YPG. There are, however, important domestic considerations.
Tag: syria
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“Hell on earth” is how UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres characterized the situation in eastern Ghouta this week.
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Del Ponte may have resigned in frustration at Security Council inaction on Syria, but the timing of her resignation at least shines a light on the issue of impunity just as the IIIM starts its substantive work.
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In Syria, the UN is confronted with an uncooperative head of state, bolstered by the support of veto-wielding members of the Security Council.
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While lacking a forum to try perpetrators, international lawyers and prosecutors have continued to gather evidence of war crimes, typically working through non-government organizations.
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Impartiality, one of the basic principles of mediation, was central to the problem of the three mediation efforts in that these processes were about facilitating regime change and a transition to democracy.
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While Assad may be a little-loved ally, Moscow considers the forces opposing him to be led by extremists who, if victorious, would quickly suppress any moderate remaining forces.
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In some ways, these controversies are thoroughly unremarkable. The UN is, after all, a club of sovereign states. Its secretariat, and its funds and programs, are there to serve the wishes of, and are accountable to, these member states.
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Understanding concepts of inclusion and exclusion could help provide Syrian refugees a viable alternative to an exhausted humanitarian model.
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As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, a new report published in February by the Syrian Center for Policy Research offered new calculations for death tolls from the conflict: a staggering 470,000 at the end of 2015.
