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Syria

Blame Game

Amidst the chaos and horror of the recent massacre at a Moscow concert hall, one thing is abundantly clear: the finger-pointing and blame game have already begun.

Turning point

The Arab League voted earlier this week to reinstate Syria’s membership, ending the suspension it imposed in 2011 in response to the Bashar al-Assad regime’s violence and repression against its own citizens participating in mass protests.

Forgotten Syria

While the Arab Spring had shocked all Middle Eastern countries out of their stupor and resulted in reactive violence, only the likes of Syria were suspended from the Arab League (led by Saudi Arabia) in November 2011. Even though the hand of Saudi Arabia and Turkey is firmly established in supporting and arming various factions fighting in the Syrian war, it was the official Bashir-led Syrian government that was suspended by the Saudi-led Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in August 2012 for, ‘deep concern at the massacres and inhuman acts‘