Saudi Arabia’s Turn Towards Syria, Is It A Dead End For The Kingdom?
With the start of the Syrian crisis in 2008, the Saudi government and a number of other Arab countries were among the main supporters of the terrorist groups in Damascus and cut off relations with Damascus by closing their embassies.
The Saudi Foreign Minister recently spoke at the Munich Security Conference on the turn of his country’s political positions towards Syria and confessed to defeat to overthrow it after years of effort and legalization of the government of Bashar al -Assad, as Middle East News Online title “Foreign Minister. Saudi Arabia called for talks with Damascus “to head the statements of Saudi Foreign Minister Ben Farhan at the Munich Security Conference.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al -Saud stated in the remarks that the Arab world has reached the consensus that it is useless to isolate Syria.
Faisal ibn Farhan al -Saud called for a conversation with the Damascus government to address at least human issues, including the return of Syrian refugees.
According to political observers, the remarks made by Faisal bin Farhan al -Saud at the Munich Security Assembly on Saturday show a change in Riyadh’s policy of the Syrian civil war in the early years when the Arab states. They supported terrorist groups against the Syrian government.
The Saudi Foreign Minister’s remarks show that the Arab states have failed to overthrow the Syrian legal government in the implementation of the project, and now confessed to making a mistake after five years.
“You will see that not only among the Gulf Cooperation Council states but also in the Arab world is the fact that the status quo (isolation of the Syrian government) is not sustainable,” Ben Farhan said.
He added that in the absence of a political solution, another approach to addressing the issue of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries and reducing civilian suffering, especially after the devastating Syrian earthquake, has begun.
The Saudi Foreign Minister continued: “Therefore, this should be done through dialogue with the Damascus government and at least the most important goals, especially in the humanitarian field, can be possible.
Faisal ibn Farhan said when he was asked about the possibility of traveling to Damascus after the earthquake after the Emirati and Jordanian counterparts, he said he would not comment on the rumors.
The remarks of Ben Farhan come as Saudi Arabia has always sought to overthrow the legitimate and legitimate system of Bashar al -Assad since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in the year 6, and publicly from armed terrorist and Takfiri groups against the regime. And the Syrian people have been fully supported.
During the years of the Syrian crisis, the Saudis put the political and financial, and weapons support of terrorist groups opposed to the Syrian regime during the years of the Syrian crisis, and with the support of some regional and international allies, especially the United States, Several terrorist groups have formed and organized several terrorist groups over the years, some of which are still working on a destructive activity in parts of Syria.
Saudi officials at the political level also attempted to hit the Syrian system and block the path of various plans to resolve the country’s crisis, and strengthened the military solution to achieve their geopolitical goals in the region, and was interesting. Given that the interests of the Zionist regime and the Saudi regime in Syria overlap, the Zionists also supported these terrorist groups, and in addition to financial and weapons support, the treatment of terrorist elements in occupied Palestine.
After the Syrian earthquake, Riyadh initially sent only assistance to northwestern Syria under the control of terrorists in Damascus, but then, as part of the earthquake relief efforts, cargo to send to the affected areas. He sent to Damascus under the control of the Syrian government.
