{"id":4400,"date":"2019-04-24T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2019-04-24T12:42:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T16:42:40","slug":"syria-in-a-week-15-22-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/syria-in-a-week-15-22-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria in a Week (15 \u2013 22 April 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/\">Salon Syria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jadaliyya.com\/\">Jadaliyya<\/a>. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0<a>info@salonsyria.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Easter and Refugees<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Francis on Sunday urged world leaders to exert efforts to find a solution to the Syrian crisis and help millions of refugees go back to their home. He also called on the parties involved in Libya to choose dialogue over war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his traditional Easter Sunday at the Vatican, where some seventy thousand people were gathered in Saint Peter\u2019s square, the pope also expressed his \u201csadness\u201d at news of the deadly bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Syria, where President Bashar Al-Assad has steadily recovered territory lost to armed opposition groups, the pope lamented the fate of \u201cthe beloved Syrian people, victims of an ongoing conflict to which we risk becoming ever more resigned and even indifferent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow is the time for a renewed commitment for a political solution able to respond to people\u2019s legitimate hopes for freedom, peace and justice, confront the humanitarian crisis and favor the secure re-entry of the homeless, along with all those who have taken refuge in neighboring countries, especially Lebanon and Jordan,\u201d the pope said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Port for Lease<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said on Saturday that his country would lease Syria\u2019s Tartus port for forty-nine years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The port would be used for economic and logistic purposes, the Russian Sputnik news agency cited Borisov as saying after a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia and Syria signed an agreement in 2017 to establish a logistic center for the Russian navy\u2019s technical equipment in Tartus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After al-Assad\u2019s visit to Tehran, Damascus agreed to hand over Lattakia port to Iran so that it can be used to transport oil products to Syria, which is suffering from a fuel shortage crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Parliamentary Summit<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq hosted on Saturday a summit for heads of parliaments, in which representatives from six neighboring countries participated, seeking to strengthen its comeback to the regional diplomatic arena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The summit was held under the slogan of \u201cIraq \u2026 Stability and Development\u201d and attended by the heads of parliament in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, while Iran sent Alaa al-Deen Brojirdi, a parliamentarian, as a representative for the head of the Iranian parliament who apologized for not attending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The importance of this summit stems from joining political rivals on the same table despite the rupture of diplomatic ties between Riyadh and Tehran, and the latter\u2019s support for the government in Damascus against the opposition that is supported by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, in addition to Jordan which is an ally to the United States, which in turn is Iran\u2019s arch-foe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the final statement, the heads of parliaments agreed on the fact that \u201cthe stability of Iraq is essential to the stability in the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the western border with Syria, Iraq is the only Arab country that is publicly communicating with all parties inside Syria, including Russia, the international coalition, the Kurds, in addition to the opposition and the government, which officially asked Iraq to launch airstrikes on Syrian territory targeting ISIS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Government Casualties<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attacks by jihadist factions in various areas in Syria have left around fifty government troops and allied forces dead, most of whom were killed in the last two days as a result of attacks carried out by ISIS that are considered to be the most violent since the collapse of the \u201ccaliphate\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After eight years of a devastating crisis, government forces currently control around sixty percent of the country, while various areas are still out of its reach including areas controlled by the Kurds in the north and east of the country and Idlib governorate \u2013 controlled by Tahrir al-Sham (previously Nusra), while ISIS still maintains its presence in the desert between the eastern countryside of Homs (middle Syria) all the way to the Iraqi border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the deaths of at least thirteen government soldiers and allied forces after a \u201cfierce attack by Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Army, which is affiliated to Tahrir al-Sham, early Saturday on government checkpoints and posts west of Aleppo\u201d in northern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another front in Syria, The SOHR reported the deaths of at least thirty-five government soldiers and allied forces as a result of attacks carried out by ISIS in the Syrian desert, which are considered to be the most violent since the collapse of the \u201ccaliphate\u201d a month earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Sudden Passing <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Nations announced on Friday the sudden passing of Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana, Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observation Force (UNDOF), at age sixty-two without stating the cause of his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres extends his deep sorrow for the sudden death of Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri,\u201d the UN said in a statement. He \u201cwill be remembered for his exemplary career and leadership in the service of United Nations peacekeeping,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The late general was born in 1957 and is a father of two children. He had headed the UNDOF since October 2017 and worked in UN peacekeeping missions in Syria, Lebanon, Rwanda, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNDOF has been deployed in the Golan Heights since 1974 to observe the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces. It is made up of a thousand blue hat troops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current jurisdiction ends this June and costs around sixty million dollars annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the 1967 war, Israel occupied a major part of the Syrian Golan Heights (1200 km<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). These heights possess a strategic position and are rich with water resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1981, the Jewish country annexed the Golan in a decision not recognized by the international community. However, the United States recently defied this consensus with US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied part of the plateau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump\u2019s decision sparked a wave of condemnations around the world, which brings to mind the reactions that followed the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Kurds in the Elyse<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey sharply criticized French President Emanuel Macron for receiving a Syrian Kurdish delegation, which Ankara perceives as \u201cterrorists\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe condemn the reception by French President Emmanuel Macron of a delegation of so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),\u201d Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosted a delegation of the SDF, an Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting ISIS in Syria. Macron assured the delegation of \u201cactive French support in their fight against ISIS.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macron also vowed to keep French forces alongside the SDF and to provide financial support for reconstruction and public services of the Kurdish administration in northern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Idlib\u2019s Notre-Dame<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a small village in north-west Syria lies a centuries-old church with two towers at its entrance that are meticulously engraved. Researchers say it is the architectural forerunner of France\u2019s famed Notre-Dame cathedral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hemmed by the village of Qalb Lozeh (Arabic for Heart of the Almond), the cathedral which goes by the same name is widely hailed as Syria\u2019s finest example of Byzantine-era architecture. And it is believed to have been the source of inspiration for Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is the earliest known example of the twin tower facade flanking a highly elaborate arched entrance, the precursor to what became known as the Romanesque style,\u201d says Middle East cultural expert Diana Darke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qalb Lozeh was built by Syrian Christians whose wealth was based on wine and olive oil production, says Darke. The church was frequented by pilgrims and is thought to have been a key stop on the way to the nearby basilica of Saint Simeon the Stylite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abandoned church is within a cluster of forty so-called \u201cAncient Villages of Northern Syria\u201d which UNESCO has included on its World Heritage List since 2011 and placed on its list of endangered sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds of ruins sites have been damaged in Syria in recent years as a result of fighting and bombardment, in addition to theft and looting. However, Qalb Lozeh church was spared of damage despite its proximity to hot spots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Fuel Crisis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pro-government newspaper in Syria said that the country was suffering from fuel shortage after an Iranian credit line stopped six months ago, and that no Iranian oil tanker had arrived in the country since then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrians say the fuel shortage became worse last week. A witness said that hundreds of cars formed a long line at one of the gasoline stations in Damascus on Wednesday. The official Syrian news agency SANA posted a photo of a traffic jam with a caption stating that Syrians are facing an \u201ceconomic war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in February that the crisis is part of an embargo imposed by governments opposed to his, including the United States which has imposed sanctions banning any commercial trading with Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Watan newspaper, which is closely linked to the Syrian government, published a report on its first page saying that the government want to \u201cportray the situation as it really is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report stated that oil production from areas recaptured by government forces is currently twenty-four thousand barrels a day, which is well below the country\u2019s need of one hundred and thirty-six thousand barrels per day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, we need more imports, and this is precisely when the Iranian credit line started, the report said, adding that the line was the main source in this context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report did not present an explanation on why the Iranian credit line stopped. Tehran is also a target of US sanctions that were re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Iran Mediation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 April 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Turkey and met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after meeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI met extensively with Bashar al-Assad. I will inform Erdogan of the outcomes of the meeting,\u201d Zarif said in a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu before meeting with Erdogan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankara cut off its ties with Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government after the onset of the Syrian conflict in 2011, and provided support for militant factions seeking to oust him. However, Erdogan said in February that Turkey maintains \u201clow-level\u201d communication with the Syrian government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran, along with Russia, is one of the Syrian government most prominent allies in the war ravaging the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran, Russia, and Turkey co-sponsor the Astana track to find a political settlement for the Syrian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0Salon Syria\u00a0and\u00a0Jadaliyya. 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