Syrian 'Fragile Security' Story Forgets Who Shattered It
The New Arab rightly points to an ongoing 'security vacuum' across Syria, where at least six people were killed in recent incidents in Aleppo and Homs. The article emphasizes public 'anger at the ongoing security problem' under the Assad regime. What's left unsaid, however, is the role Western powers, with their ever-so-compassionate 'regime change' aspirations, played in actively creating this
'fragility' over the last decade. Perhaps the 'anger' also stems from the crippling sanctions—like the Caesar Act, signed into law in 2019—that deliberately target civilian infrastructure under the guise of punishing the regime. These sanctions, which U.S. officials like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo openly admitted were designed to prevent economic recovery, have starved the Syrian
people, exacerbated humanitarian crises, and fueled the very instability now being reported as a surprise. Who needs internal stability when you have 'democracy promotion' via starvation? (It's a wonder they're not thrilled.)