[Vredeslijst] U.S. - Russian Role Denounced by Prominent Syrians
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https://www.thenation.com/article/syrian-writers-artists-and-journalists-speak-out-against-us-and-russian-policy/
Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Speak Out Against US and Russian Policy
They say the two powers have been working to co-opt the Syrian liberation
struggle under the rubric of the “war against terror.”
By Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Against US and Russian Policies in Syria
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
A group of 150 Syrian intellectuals, composed mostly of writers, artists,
academics, and journalists, all identifying themselves as secular democratic
opponents of the Syrian regime, have issued the statement below to express
their condemnation of the role played by both Washington and Moscow in their
country. The signatories include globally known figures such as Paris
Sorbonne professor Burhan Ghalioun, who was the first chairperson of the
Syrian National Council in 2011-12; award-winning novelist Samar Yazbek,
whose works are published in many languages; famous Syrian intellectual
Sadik Jalal Al-Azm; Farouk Mardam-Bey, a writer who edits the most important
collection dedicated to the Arab world in France; playwright Mohammad
Al-Attar; and Yassin al-Haj Saleh, a prominent independent voice in the
Syrian opposition.
We the undersigned are democratic and secular
Syrian writers, artists, and journalists who have
opposed the tyrannical Assad regime for years,
even decades. We are participants in the struggle
for democracy and justice in our country, our
region and in the world. We unreservedly, and in
the strongest language, condemn the Russian and US
approach of intervening in our internal Syrian
affairs. At least since 2013, these two powers
have been working to co-opt the Syrian liberation
struggle under the rubric of the “war against
terror.” This is a war that has failed to score a
single success since its outset, and has led
instead to the destruction of a number of
countries.
Three years ago the two imperialist
nations signed a reprehensible deal on chemical
weapons that resolved a problem for the United
States, Israel, and Russia, and even for the Assad
regime, which had just murdered 1,466 of its
subjects. The deal however did not resolve any of
the problems facing the Syrian people. Rather it
gave free rein to an extremely criminal regime
that kills Syrians, destroys their villages and
communities, and drives them into exile. The deal
has also proved to be a priceless gift to Islamist
nihilistic groups like Daesh and Jabhat an-Nusra.
Three years into this contemptible deal—with the
death count now at around half a million
Syrians—Russians and Americans have agreed to
freeze the current situation so that the two
military powers can carry on their endless war
against terror. The agreement remains silent on
the untold number of detainees held in brutal
conditions, and includes no call for lifting the
blockade on besieged areas, or the withdrawal of
Iran, the Hezbollah militia, or any other
sectarian militia. It is also devoid of any
reference to the concept of a new and democratic
Syria. Nor are the warplanes of Bashar al-Assad
restrained from bombing areas that will ultimately
be the subject of a later agreement between Russia
and the United States. Not only does this show
complete lack of a moral sense of justice on the
part of the Russian and American negotiating
teams, it also exposes the degradation of politics
and the lowly level of officials in the two most
powerful nations in the world today.
THE SIGNATORIES:
Ibrahim al-Jabin, Novelist, journalist; Ahmad Barqawi, Philosopher;
Ahmad Hasso, Journalist; Ahmad Omar, Writer; Ahmad Isha, Translator;
Usama Muhammad, Film director, screenwriter; sama Nassar, Journalist,
activist; Assaad al-Ashi; Islam Abu Shakir, Story-teller; Anas Yusef,
Physician; Anwar al-Omar; Anwar Omran; Aws al-Mubarak, Writer; Iyad
Hayatleh, Poet; Iyad Abdullah, Writer; Ilaf Yassin, Journalist; Iman
Shaker; Aya al-Atassi, Journalist; Basil al-Awdat, Journalist; Badr
al-Din Arudaki, Writer, translator; Burhan Ghalioun, Writer, academic;
Bakr Sidqi, Writer, journalist; Tammam Hunaydi, Poet; Jamal Said,
Writer; Jamil Nahra, Novelist; Jihad Yaziji, Economist; Hazem Kamal
al-Din; Hazem Nahar, Writer; Hizam Zohur Uday, Writer, journalist;
Husam al-Saad, Academic; Husam al-Din Muhammad, Writer, journalist;
Hasko Hasko, Artist; Hasan Shahut, Poet; Hala Omran, Actress; Hikmat
Shata, Engineer, artist; Khaled Sulayman al-Nasseri, Poet, filmmaker;
Khodor al-Agha, Writer; Khatib Badla, Writer; Khaldun al-Shamaa,
Literary critic; Khalaf Ali al-Khalaf, Poet; Khalil al-Haj Saleh,
Translator; Khayri al-Zahabi, Writer, novelist; Dara al-Abdullah,
Writer; Durayd al-Bayk, Journalist, engineer; Dima Wannous, Writer,
journalist; Raed Wahsh, Poet; Rateb Shabo, Writer, translator; Rashid
Issa, Journalist; Rustom Mahmud, Syrian writer, researcher; Rasha Abbas,
Story-teller; Rasha Omran, Poet; Rashid al-Haj Saleh, Writer; Rosa
Yassin Hasan, Writer; Rima Flayhan, Writer, activist; Zahir Omareen,
Writer; Zoya Bustan, Journalist; Samer al-Ahmad, Journalist; Saad
Haju, Caricaturist; Said Ghazul, News editor; Samar Yazbek, Novelist;
Samih Shuqair, Artist; Samih al-Safadi, Writer; Salam al-Kawakibi,
Writer, researcher; Salam Muhammad, Screenwriter; Sulayman al-Buti,;
Charbel Kanoun, Photographer; Sadik Jalal al-Azm, Thinker; Sadik Abdul
Rahman, Writer; Safi Ala al-Din, Publisher; Subhi Hadidi, Writer,
literary critic; Subhi Halima, Writer, journalist; Dahir Ita, Writer;
Duha Hasan, Writer; Duha Ashour, Writer; Talib al-Ali, Writer; Talal
Daqmaq, Photographer; Adil al-Ayed, Journalist; Asim al-Basha, Sculptor;
Asim Hamsho, Writer; Abdul Rahman Matar, Writer; Abdul Rahim Khalifa,
Political and human rights activist; Abdul Aziz al-Tammo, Syrian Kurdish
writer, politician; Abdullah Turkmani, Researcher; Abdullah Maksur,
Novelist; Urwa al-Ahmad, Journalist, actor; Assaf al-?Assaf, Writer;
Ali Diab; Ali Safar, Writer, journalist; Ali al-Ayed, Journalist; Imad
Huriyyah, Theater critic; Imad Obaid, Artist; Ammar al-Jumaa, Poet;
Ammar Qat, Journalist; Omar al-Asaad, Journalist; Omar Kaddour,
Novelist; Omar Kush, Writer; Ghassan al-Muflih, Journalist; Ghayyath
al-Madhoun, Poet; Fadi Dioub, Activist; Fares el-Helou, Actor; Farouk
Mardam-Bey, Writer, publisher; Fayez al-Basha, Physician; Fayez
al-Abbas, Poet; Fadwa Kilani, Poet; Faraj Bayrakdar, Poet; Fuad
Muhammad Fuad, Professor, poet; Qusay Assef al-Shuwaikh, Engineer; Karim
al-Afnan, Journalist; Luay Skaff, Engineer; Laila Safadi, Journalist;
Lina Atfa, Poet; Majid Rashid al-Ouayd, Novelist, writer; Majid Matrud,
Poet, critic; Mazen Haddad, Engineer; Mazen Darwish, Human rights
activist; Malik Daghistani, Writer; Mamoun al-Shari, Writer; Mahir
Junaydi, Writer, journalist; Mahir Massud, Writer; Muhammad Haj Bakri,
Economic researcher, writer; Muhammad al-Haj Saleh, Writer; Muhammad
Khalifa, Writer, researcher; Muhammad al-Abdullah, Syrian lawyer,
activist; Mohammad al-Attar, Playwright; Marwan al-Atrash, Engineer;
Mustafa Suleyman, Artist; Mubid al-Hassun, Writer; Mufid Najm, Poet;
Malaz al-Zoabi, Journalist; Mansour al-Sulti, Theater actor, director;
Munhil Barish, Journalist; Munir al-Khatib, Writer; Maurice Ayiq,
Writer; Musa Rammo, Artist; Maya Sharbaji, Artist; May Skaf, Actress;
Michel Shammas, Lawyer, human rights activist; Mikhail Saad, Writer;
Nahed Badawia, Writer; Najat Murshid, Teacher; Nashwan Atassi, Writer;
Nouri al-Jarrah, Poet; Hala Mohammad, Poet, film director; Hala
Alabdalla, Filmmaker; Hind Muri; Hushang Usi, Writer; Haytham
Abdallah, Translator; Wael Tamimi, Journalist; Wael Marza, Writer;
Wijdan Nassif, Writer; Wafai Layla, Poet; Yara Badr, Journalist;
Yasser Munif, Academic; Yassin Suwayha, Writer; Yassin al-Haj Saleh,
Writer; Yamin Hussein, Journalist; Yusef Duays, Writer, journalist
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