Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Deadly Car Bombings Mark Syria Low Point

Syrian firefighters spray water on burning car at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
The diplomacy on Syria is inching slowly forward but the country is continuing to unravel at speed.
US Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement that a provisional agreement had been reached on a ceasefire is a positive step but ending the violence may be an elusive dream.
Mr Kerry says the plan could take shape in just a few days' time.
Russia, the key player, is apparently on board but not all parties on the ground are likely to comply.
And therein lies the problem.

Syrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of HomsSyrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
The reality of Syria right now is the stuff of nightmares confused, as it is, by myriad of local, regional and international actors on the battlefield.
At its heart though is the fractious fault line cleaving Shia and Sunni Muslims apart something Syria's leader sought to exploit at the beginning of the conflict.
Basher al Assad managed to twist the revolution - an uprising appealing for democracy and liberation from his family's totalitarian despotic rule - into a grotesque sectarian war to enable his and his acolytes' survival.
  1. Syrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of HomsSyrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
    Gallery: Shop Fronts Blasted Off And Vehicles Ruined
    The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that at least 140 people were killed in the attacks.
    It marks a low point even for Syria - the car bombs in Homs were the second most deadly in the city since 2011.
    State television showed gruesome pictures of the aftermath - the streets were lined with charred bodies and burnt out vehicles.
    Both of the attacks targeted residential areas inhabited by Alawites - the minority sect of the ruling Assad clan.
    Russian President PutinRussian President Putin
    They expose clearly just how difficult it will be for any peace plan to heal the sectarian divisions which have torn the country apart.
    For Russia bombing Mr Assad's Sunni enemies into submission may be the easy part but putting the lid back on that Pandora's Box of hatred maybe impossible.
    (Memo to Vladimir Putin: ask the US about their military adventures in Iraq)

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