On Thursday, 5 March 2020, Russia and Turkey, two prominent actors, finally, consented on a pact in attempt to terminate the catastrophe in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Kremlin, Moscow, to discuss the aftermath of the approximately 9 years humanitarian crisis.
The crisis can be traced back to 5 March 2011, amidst the Arab Spring, with the unrest of civilians to the regime dictated by President Bashar al-Assad, which lead to armed conflicts in several regions, including Damascus and Aleppo. Afterwards, there emerge numerous diverse divisions, whether pro or contra to the government. On one side, there is the Syrian Armed Forces, the national comrades-in-arms, which were enforced by Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah, with Russia conducted its first airstrikes, followed by other military operations, on September 2015. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Turkey was in terms with Syrian opposition groups, which favour the protesting civilians’ objective to overthrow the president. Although numerous varieties strategies of reconciliations, whether through diplomacies, negotiations, or other means such as ‘the Geneva peace talks on Syria’ by the United Nations on March 2017, had been employed, it did not induce much effect to the ongoing conflict.
The aftereffects of this ongoing catastrophes are costly. DW News reported, on its 12 February’s broadcast, that relatively 700,000 refugees had managed to escape the site without knowing whether they are able to withstand the pressure due to inadequate essentials such as food. When interviewed, Abdelkafi Alhamdo, a teacher, told DW News, “We do not know where to go and what to do.” BBC News, informed that according to the United Nations’ statistic, by this month, there are still 1 million displaced individuals. Not only does it risked them economically, physically, and socially, moreover it rob them, particularly children, teenagers, and young adults, of their future. Amal Tawil, commented, “My future is gone.” Not only that, polices, who should be patrolling, apparently seized their cashes and identity cards.
The agreement itself will be a steppingstone to a brighter future for those civilians. The agreement imposed that a cease-fire taken into account beginning at midnight and also for a joint-patrol on a 12-kilometres security passageway, along the M4 highway, which is a strategic roadway for the Syrian regime, commencing 15th of March. For Russia, this act is perceived to be a tactical method regaining control over the territory. President Putin recite his hope that the agreement will be a “good basis for ending the fighting in the Idlib de-escalation zone, put an end to suffering of civilian population and contain a growing humanitarian crisis.” As for Turkey, this act may be observed as a way to hinder refugees’ migration. President Erdogan, who had accommodated more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, oversaw this as “the right decisions…will help ease (concerns in) the region and our countries.” United Nation’s Secretary General, Antonio Guterres through his spokesman mentioned that this occasion will lead “to an immediate and lasting cessation of hostilities that ensures the protection of civilians in northwest Syria, who have already endured enormous suffering.”
As a result of this compromise, condition and situation has flourished, although dilemma is still wavering. Mustafa Dahnon, a journalist in Idlib potrayed the situation as “become better than before.” To The Independent, he added, “Because the military factions managed to regain control of villages, towns and cities.” He also compared the antecedent circumstance with its chain reaction articulating, “In the past, the regime was very close to the city Idlib. Now, they have been pushed back.” Let’s all hope that there will continuous improvements towards peace for the Syrians and any further chaos will dissolve.
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