Syrian Crisis May Be Resolved Through Diplomacy
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Just a few weeks ago there was a major debate going on between world leaders about what the best course of action was to prevent another incident of the chemical attack like the one the innocent residents of Syria were subjected to, on August 21st, 2013.
The USA and France wanted to conduct air strikes to try destroy the government's chemical arsenal, while Russia and many other countries in the world were leaning towards a diplomatic solution. After much argument, a compromise was reached.
On September 14th, the United Sates and the Bashar Al Assad's closest ally, Russia, announced that they would work with the Syrian government to eliminate the country's chemical weapon hoard by mid-2014. The landmark decision to try solve this issue peacefully through diplomacy was met with relief by nations all across the world.
Under the agreement struck between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in order to avoid air strikes the Syrian government would share the details of its chemical weapon stockpiles within a week. Following that they would grant inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) complete access to the weapons no later than November 2013.
On Friday, September 20th, the Syrian government complied with the first condition by sending in a list of its chemical weapons to the OPCW, a consortium of 189 countries that have signed an agreement outlawing such arsenal. While no details have been released with regards to the weapons, the fact that President Assad has fulfilled the first request indicates that he many be willing to work out a settlement. This has led to tepid optimism that a peaceful resolution will be reached, averting what could have become a major crisis. We sure hope that the process continues peacefully!
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- DPabout 11 yearsTo me this article was about them choosing the best action to help prevent an incident like the chemical that syria was subject to. On september 14, the US and its closest ally, Russia and came up with a plan to eliminate the countries chemical weapon hoard.
- ELabout 11 yearsThis article is about Syria getting help from some other countries. They had decided to help Syria to get rid of the chemical weapons.
- E.L.about 11 yearsI learned that the U.S. and France wanted to conduct air strikes to try destroy the government's chemical arsenal while Russia wanted to deal with the situatuion in a more diplomatic form. I also learned that on September 14th, the United Sates and the Bashar Al Assad's closest ally, Russia, announced that they would work with the Syrian government to eliminate the country's chemical weapon hoard by mid-2014. I would have agreed with Russia, personally I think that violence of any sort, including air strikes, should not happen. Our parents and teachers taught us that violence is never the answer. And I believe that if we would have went on with that air stike, war could have broke out, or the Syrian government might have responded harshly to the attack. Talking it out and coming to an agreement was the best way to handle the situtation.
- Nina S. about 11 yearsWhat I learned about this article is that on August 21, 2013, their was a chemical attack on Syria. i also learned that the US is working with Russia to eliminate Syria of them chemical weapons. i thought that this article was very informative on this topic.
- newsabout 11 yearsi love this
snazaire2about 11 yearsthis is good- Briabout 11 yearsI'm really glad that Russia and us are getting together and helping the Syrians. They deserve equally amount of respect that we have. I hope the people of Syria find hope and love and recover soon!
- Ape tamerabout 11 yearsI think it was really cool learning about the problem in Syrian I think it was called
- DJ PAULY-Dabout 11 yearsThis is a good day
headream100about 11 yearsChemical weapons should be banned entirely!