Opposition slams Arab League for “wrong” approach towards Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Syrian opposition National Coalition (SNC) said on Sunday that Arab League is taking the “wrong” approach to solve the Syrian crisis.
Haitham Rahma, SNC Secretary–General, stressed that, “the Arab League should have exerted real pressure to implement UN Resolution No. 2254 through Arab force, and with regional and international cooperation, to protect the Syrian people.”
Rahma added that “the third term of the League’s statement will not achieve any objectives even if it follows the step-by-step approach.”
He noted that the Arab bloc “involved itself morally and politically by ignoring the al-Assad regime’s massacres and crimes against humanity, as it, through its unconditional readmission [to the League], evaded responsibility towards future practices of the al-Assad regime against the Syrian people.”
The SNC Secretary–General called on Arab countries to help the Syrian people by supporting a political solution under the UN Resolution No. 2254 for a political transition to benefit Syrians.
On May 19, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad officially joint the 32nd session of the Arab Summit of the Arab League, hosted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the first time after 12 years of war.
On May 7, Arab ministers of the Arab League agreed on Syria’s official return to its seat in the Arab League after more than 10 years of suspension.