Syria Violence Continues Despite UN Pledge

Syria Violence Continues Despite UN Pledge

Beirut — 20 Syrian civilians were killed Friday by the Syrian Government security forces despite the vow of Syrian President Bashar Assad that the crackdown of the Syrian military against the violent civilian uprising in Syria is over. The uprising started 5 months ago and Assad’s recent pledge to the United Nations brought a glimpse of hope. But recently, thousand of Syrians went back to the streets, giving the impression that the Syrian public is still unsatisfied of the autocratic leader Assad. Syrians are still unhappy either because Assad is secretly perpetrating violence in the country or he, as a leader, has not able to fully control the violent uprising.

Bashar Assad came into presidency after he succeeded the position from his father 11 years ago in 2000. Currently, the autocratic leader is seriously facing international sanctions and isolation because of his iron fist leadership in Syria. On Thursday, Syria’s European allies and the United States of America have boldly demanded for Bashar Assad’s immediate resignation.

Violent military operations and crackdown have already subsided in Syria with few recent military interventions on a number of anti-government demonstrators. But the recent violent military intervention that could have been peaceful resulted to the killing of 20 Syrian protestors. The incident signifies that any kind of diplomatic and peaceful dialogues with the unruly Syrian crowd might be very elusive for the autocratic leader Bashar Assad and his current regime.

Posted by James Fried on Saturday August 20 2011, 1:05 PM EST. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0