Syrian Government Wants to Change!

After months of struggle for the international community to call an end to violence in Syria, the Assad regime finally conceded. The Syrian government accepted the United Nations-Arab League plan for establishing peace, which has the goals of:

• “an inclusive Syrian-led political process” to address grass-roots grievances.

• a commitment to halt fighting and forge a U.N.-supervised halt of violence by the government and opposition groups.

• timely humanitarian aid.

• speeding up the release of “arbitrarily detained” people, including those engaged in “peaceful political activities.”

• ensuring “freedom of movement” for journalists.

• respecting peaceful demonstrations and “freedom of association.”

(source: TIME)

With China recently supporting the UN-Arab League plan, it became more feasible for the coalition to take action in Syria. This is great news for the global community, because many nations have condemned the Assad regime. I’m glad to see that both Russia and China agree with the rest of the countries that violence in Syria needs to be stopped. Although their interests remain differently than the majority of the world, they recognize that Syria is a huge problem that needs to be solved. Is the Syrian government serious about changing? We should hope so. However, with the pressure from many other countries, Syria will eventually have to show some sign of change. If not, this growing support of multiple countries for the coalition’s plan will bring serious consequences to Syria – maybe even without a necessary military intervention.