Palestinian writer and researcher Faisal Hourani said that both the Syrian opposition and  Syrian regime seem headed for their country’s destruction since major powers are not acting to end the conflict.

 

 

Speaking at Birzeit University, the author said that big powers want to prevent Syria from playing an active regional, political and strategic role in the future.

The presentation was sponsored by the Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute of International Studies on February 13, 2013. Hourani addressed political conditions in Syria from a geo-political perspective, linking the dispute to the global conflict between the major powers, and discussing its impact on the Arab regimes.

Hourani outlined the basic features of the Syrian regime: a solid system based on a set of rules established by Hafez al-Assad and then inherited by his son Bashar and a strong army that is difficult to fragment, relies on security frameworks in problem-solving, and has excellent relations with the Syrian bourgeoisie. The regime has also developed solid political relations with China and Russia and maintained its image as an anti-occupation and anti-imperialism system that supports the Palestinian and Lebanese resistances, he said.

Regarding the Syrian opposition, Hourani believes that the present opposition has sought to marginalize the actual and proper opposition and that Arab funding, backed by the United States, has intensified financial corruption within the opposition.