Syrian Coalition Calls on International Community to Deal with Assad outside the Limitations of the UN Security Council

Louay Safi, spokesman for the Syrian Coalition, said that that the UN Security Council is no longer the best choice for passing an abiding resolution to force the Assad regime to implement the UN Security Council resolution No. 2139 demanding the entry of humanitarian to the besieged areas and that prohibits the indiscriminate bombing of populated areas. “The failure to implement the UN resolution No. 2139 is blamed on the Russian position which led to further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria. We need an international serious position that sends a clear and direct threat to the Assad regime that there will be dire consequences if it does not abide by the UN resolutions,” Safi said. He was commenting on reports of presenting a draft resolution by Western countries in the UN Security Council that could allow the opening of humanitarian corridors or setting up camps for Syrian refugees on both sides of the border with the neighboring countries. “The Assad regime is still using starvation as a weapon of war to force the Syrian people into submission. There is a pressing need to form a coalition of Arab states and the UN to deal with the Syrian file and put an end to the suffering of the Syrian people. The condemnatory statements released by Western countries no longer affect the Assad regime, which only understands the language of force and threat in the absence of a clear and firm international position.” The Western push in the UN Security Council aims pass a resolution that calls for the entry of relief aid to Syria without referring to the Assad regime, which continues to hamper relief convoys trying to cross the border points, especially the Syrian borders with Turkey and Jordan.” (Source: Syrian Coalition)