Charles Lister in Der Spiegel (-> https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/syrien-news-milizenfuehrer-verspricht-sicherheit-fuer-alawiten-der-tag-zum-nachlesen-a-9c83f23e-a470-4c15-8e0c-ffb0548bf151 ) via google-translate: " Syria expert on the situation Charles Lister, Syria expert from the Middle East Institute, gave my colleague Susanne Koelbl the following assessment in an interview:
"On the strategic importance of the fall of Homs "If Homs falls, Damascus will no longer be able to hold on, says Lister. "Homs is of the greatest strategic importance, the city is the geographical hub between north and south and the coast. Now the question is how hard the Assad forces will try to hold the front line here. They will ask themselves, is it worth dying for? And the answer is: It doesn't look like it." "On the role of the international community Lister insists on modesty with regard to the so-called international community. "Most international actors and countries have completely misjudged the situation, believed that the situation could not be changed, and have even normalized relations with Assad. The international community should therefore be very modest now. There can only be a solution if it is driven forward by the Syrians themselves, with a political process, a new constitution, a transitional government." "On the role of the USA and Trump With regard to the designated US president, the Syria expert is waiting. "When Trump takes power, everything will already be over. Assad will no longer be there, the international community will already have become involved, the question is how much he will still interfere." __________________END_____________________ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33947): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33947 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109977600/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
