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Periscope N ° 39: Syrian tragedy

2021-03-17T20:01:51.758Z


EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER LETTER - A 360 ° look at the international scene, by Philippe Gélie. Dear subscribers, This letter generally tries to decipher recent events in order to consider their impact on the course of the world. We will not make this pretension this week, by drawing up the hopeless report of a tragedy which has lasted for ten years, and of which we do not see the end. Near a train station in the suburbs of Damascus in September 2018 Marko Djurica / REUTERS Syrian tragedy


Dear subscribers,

This letter generally tries to decipher recent events in order to consider their impact on the course of the world.

We will not make this pretension this week, by drawing up the hopeless report of a tragedy which has lasted for ten years, and of which we do not see the end.

Near a train station in the suburbs of Damascus in September 2018 Marko Djurica / REUTERS

Syrian tragedy

Genesis.

On March 15, 2011, in the wake of the “Arab Spring”, Syrian youth dared to challenge Bashar al-Assad and his clan to demand reforms.

Ten years later, the London-trained ophthalmologist, who was believed to be "progressive", still reigns, his hands red with blood, over a country in ruins.

In

Le Figaro,

Delphine Minoui illustrated the drama of populations and Georges Malbrunot recounts missed opportunities and the cynical play of powers.

“Ten years of hopes, then disappointments.

Ten years of incredible violence, bloody repression, fatal attacks often committed by Daesh, the worst terrorist organization in the last thirty years.

At the end of this decade of

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Source: lefigaro

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