The Syrian Conflict Thread

Source: http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/22/451671/Turkey-Saudi-Arabia-Cavusoglu-Syria
Turkey's Foreign Minister:
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey and Saudi Arabia have currently no plan for a ground incursion into Syria.

Addressing a press conference in the capital, Ankara, on Monday, Cavusoglu said any ground operation inside Syria would need to involve all countries in the so-called US-led coalition against Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

Cavusoglu’s remarks come as Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said on Sunday that the US-led airstrikes in Syria have been ineffective and a ground intervention was needed in the war-torn Arab country.

The prince said that the kingdom had offered to deploy ground forces to Syria as it believed the US-led airstrikes alone could not defeat the Takfiri group in Syria.
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Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-has-the-right-to-conduct-operations-in-syria-elsewhere-to-combat-terror-threats-erdogan-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=95474&NewsCatID=352
Turkey's President:
“Turkey has every right to conduct operations in Syria and the places where terror organizations are nested with regards to the struggle against the threats that Turkey faces,” Erdoğan said Feb. 20, during the event “UNESCO City of Gastronomy: Gaziantep,” which was organized to celebrate the inclusion of Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep on the list of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the gastronomy category.

Erdoğan’s remarks came one day after he and U.S. President Barack Obama talked on the phone for more than an hour regarding the latest developments in Syria and Turkey.

During his address on Feb. 20, Erdoğan said the situation had “absolutely nothing to do with the sovereignty rights of the states that cannot take control of their territorial integrity.”
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These two are not singing from the same hymn book it would seem ...
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
These two are not singing from the same hymn book it would seem ...
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Or maybe they are and they're just trying to cause as much confusion as possible. Its all just posturing imo anyway, Turkey wont launch a land invasion on their own.
 
Source: Assad calls Syria parliamentary election for April

The parliamentary elections in Syria will be held on April 13, 2016, said a statement issued by Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Syria holds a general election every four years, with the previous vote taking place in 2012.

The announcement comes hours after Russia and the US issued a joint statement on cessation of hostilities in this country, announcing February 27 as the starting date for the ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the truce will not include terror groups, such as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) or Jabhat al-Nusra.

Putin called on Assad’s government and the opposition to support the action plan agreed by Moscow and Washington.
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Unhappy438 said:
There is no opposition party, its pretty much a foregone conclusion.
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Currently, from the same article:
The majority in the parliament is currently held by the government coalition, with opposition Popular Front for Change and Liberation and independent MPs jointly having 82 seats.
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from another source http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2016/02/22/bashar-assad-calls-for-parliamentary-elections-in-syria

Syria's last parliamentary election was in 2012 and they are held every four years. That was the first time that multiple parties, not just the ruling Baath Party, were allowed to stand.
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So technically this would be their second election with opposition then? Granted there is skepticism about how independent the opposition truly is, remains to be seen if one of the rebel factions for example stand in this election.
 
Unhappy438 said:
Sorry i should rephrase, i don't mean there physically isn't any opposition. I mean, i don't feel there is any actual opposition capable of challenging Assad.
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Noted. I think the international community will mostly dismiss this election very quickly as a farce if Assad wins no matter what actually transpires on the ground to get to that point.
 
Can't wait for the first bomb to hit those Jund al Aqsa spergs.
"You bombing the moderates!!"
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
Noted. I think the international community will mostly dismiss this election very quickly as a farce if Assad wins no matter what actually transpires on the ground to get to that point.
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Why should they ? and if they do then they will just be sore losers crying about it.

Assad is still very popular and has a lot of support, so if he wins a majority, accept it and live with it.
 
Nanfeishen said:
Why should they ? and if they do then they will just be sore losers crying about it.

Assad is still very popular and has a lot of support, so if he wins a majority, accept it and live with it.
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Based on their past behavior; the US and their friends have been saying "Assad must go" for a very long time, they also ignore the fact that he was elected into his position, way back when it was undoubtedly free and fair, then some more dodgy stuff happened and in 2012 again he won with some actual opposition parties standing against him.

So if the international community was so quick to discard that election I'm sure they will do the same with the 2016 election. Yes they will be sore losers, but that won't stop them.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
Yes they will be sore losers, but that won't stop them.
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Sadly so, one would think that people would realise that removing one man is not going to solve a countries problems, it only adds to it, while destabilising the region even further.
Libya and Iraq being prime examples and lessons to learn from, but sadly stupid is as stupid does.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
In the mainstream media yes, in the alternative media every single anti-government group will become terrorists overnight ;)
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Pretty much yeah, we've seen this all play out when Russia started their bombing.
 
Nanfeishen said:
Sadly so, one would think that people would realise that removing one man is not going to solve a countries problems, it only adds to it, while destabilising the region even further.
Libya and Iraq being prime examples and lessons to learn from, but sadly stupid is as stupid does.
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Agreed, after seeing the carnage in other countries after removing "strong man" governments you would think the west might start reevaluating some policies.
 
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