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Old 09-01-13, 05:52 AM   #518
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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter View Post
No full scale invasion of Syria, but a clear UN scripted conquest of rather small areas to create save zones for civilians. All civil war parties should agree with it, should they? There would be no fighting necessary, if they would support the safety of the people.

Turkey, Jordan and Israel should be no problem, and even Iraq would probably join the club. Lebanon would be difficult, but maybe the Russian harbour at Tartus could be a beachhead for a safe zone. I guess Tartus is Assad's playground right now and his forces could leave the area.
Problem here is that how participants of Syrian civil war can trust that this intervention would also stay in that safe zone? Why should al-Assad assume that USA, Saudi Arabia et al would not use it as pretext for full scale invasion?
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