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SAUDI ARABIA
Good morning delegates of the house and chairperson.
The delegation of Saudi Arabia believes that Syrian Civil War is crucial to our
Country, and we are sure that it is a great concern to the entire world as well. So I
think we should take some immediate attention because the death of the people
would detrimental to the development of a society.
The Syrian Civil War is arguably the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second
World War, with over a quarter million killed, roughly the same number wounded
or missing, and half of Syria’s 22 million population displaced from their homes.
But more than that, Syria today is the largest battlefield and generator of Sunni-
Shia sectarianism the world has ever seen, with deep implications for the future
boundaries of the Middle East and the spread of terrorism.
War started as an attempt by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to shoot
Syria’s largest uprising into submission has devolved into a regionalized civil war
that has partitioned the country into general areas. We are against the president
Bashar al-Assad because the Assad regime has been a sponsor of international
terrorism for decades. Syria always having supported attacks on Saudi Arabian
interest and the government of Syria protects Shi'a interests in the region. The
Saudi, as a Sunni government, is not pleased with this. Just a bit further, the
Alawite religion of the ruling Syrian Ba'ath Party is seen as barely Muslim, if it is
indeed Muslim.
RESOLUTIONS:
The civil war started in 2011 has gone from bad to worst due to foreign
involvement and the rise of Islamic state. The war has reached a stage where no
negotiations between the concerning groups seems possible. But, there is still a
ray of hope. As mentioned above, I need to elaborate the term 'Foreign
involvement' here.
Foreign Support
Syrian government is supported by Hezbollah, Russia and Iran. Hezbollah, a
political party in Lebanon, which have a paramilitary wing named Jihad council
which is considered stronger than the Lebanon army and are prodominantly
Shias, have sent their fighters to fight for Al-Assad. These fighters have been
trained by Iran. Some unconfirmed reports suggest that houthis sent over 200 of
their fighters to fight for Assad in 2012-13. However, they ask Shias in North
Yemen to show their support for the Syrian government. Russia is the most
important political ally of Syrian government
Syrian opposition has got the support of countries like Qatar, Kazakhstan, Turkey,
Libya. Free Syrian army has the support of world powers like the USA and France.
Problems with the Foreign Involvement
A war ends after a side emerges victorious. Here Russia is providing arms to
Assad, US-France to FSA, there doesn't seem a victory of a particular party in the
near future if the same situation continues. USA wants to topple Assad
government but toppling Assad clearly means providing a vacuum to ISIS.
Possible solution
Sending in troops to fight from these countries will only mess up the scenario. The
victory of a particular party is necessary so scrapping support to particular parties
in the civil war by other countries is required. If they really want to help then
there are millions of Syrians living as refugees in and outside Syria, go help them.
But, keep bombing ISIS and targets of Al-Nusra and find a solution to tackle them.
Split the country into four different enclaves: Kurdish, ISIS, other opposition,
and regime, and hope they eventually stop fighting
Hard to do without the sides agreeing on borders, and the above four groups are
in a fight to the death now. And there is no outside military force willing to
impose new boundaries.
Keep doing what you are doing: drone and airstrikes against ISIS, and do as
little as you can with the Syrian opposition to escape being told you're doing
nothing
This seemed like the ideal option. But now millions of Syrian refugees have begun
to realize they won't be going back to Syria any time soon, and that a better life
might be possible in Europe. Or, if they are poor, they are realizing their U.N. food
aid is running out.
Drone strikes against ISIS do fit with Washington's basic and immediate national
security goals, but they won't stop the security threat to Europe, which has in the
past proven a launching pad for jihadis into the United States.
Finally, more of the same won't work as, for the most part, Syria is a proxy war.
Most conflicts involve sides who eventually get tired and agree on peace, but in
Syria, each time one side looks weak, it gets outside reinforcements.
The regime has had help from Hezbollah (based in Lebanon), Iran, and now even
Russia. The opposition had some limited Western support.
There are no end to the combatants it seems, so none of the usual paths for the
war to wind down.
This is truly "the problem from hell,"
Syria was a problem from hell a couple of years ago; back then it had solutions
which politicians reasoned themselves out of.
Its tragedy now is that it may have moved to an even darker place.
As we prepare to face another year of conflict, we are honored to stand with
Syria’s people. We believe in a better, more peaceful world, and are committed to
building it together.
NOT SUPPORTING ISIS
Absolutely not. ISIS is probably the biggest threat to Saudi Arabia. There is no
reason for the Saudis to support it. Saudi Arabia with some other Gulf countries
supported the Free Syrian Army that was fighting Assad. However, the FSA
(Financial Service Authority) is also supported by the USA and other Western
countries like the UK, France among others.
It may also be true that some members of the FSA and arms have found their way
to ISIS, and if so, that does not mean the Saudis are supporting ISIS. Otherwise, if
this is the case, then the USA and its allies are also supporting ISIS.
No, why would they. There has been no motive to do so, and no benefit, and a lot
of threats, and loss of life to Saudi Arabia from ISIS. The only factor used to tie
both is the false belief that they both follow the same interpretations of Islam,
referred to derogatorily as ‘wahhabism’. Even this postulation is totally untrue,
and is only accepted because most non-Muslims (and a huge number of ignorant
Muslims) are unaware of the subtle differences between salafist Islam, and the
kharijite ideology followed by ISIS, and because it is in the interest of the enemies
of Saudi Arabia to keep this narrative alive. If KSA was supporting terrorism, why
would they be at the forefront of creating coalitions to fight it? Why would they
break ties with sister GCC countries for doing it, and why would they have to foil
(and suffer) literary hundreds of terrorist attacks on their soil? It makes no logical
sense. Don’t believe everything the media puts forward.

First of all, it is not a Sunni-Shia war, if you consider groups like ISIS, Jabhat al
Nusra or Ahrar al Sham as custodial of the Sunni faith, you're missing out the tens
of thousands of Sunni footsoldiers who are part of the Syrian army or some pro-
government paralimitary group (unfortunately, they get labeled under the“pro-
regime” propagandistic title)

Secondly, in my opinion, it will end with a decentralized government and with

Assad holding a ceremonial role.