West becomes spectator in post-ceasefire Syria
By Fatma Alakbarova
Russia and Turkey’s negotiations on a ceasefire and evacuation deal for Aleppo was a surprise for the U.S. and European powers, which were seemed not to be aware of it until the media was blasted with the news.
This made the Western world, namely the U.S. become more of a spectator than an active participant in post-ceasefire Syria. While the evacuations are ongoing and negotiation continues the U.S. fails to become a part of this procedure.
Today, the U.N. Security Council will vote for a draft resolution on U.N. officials monitoring evacuations from the Syrian city of Aleppo. The interesting part about this resolution which is under the spotlight of world media with its long discussion and negotiations, veto-threats and compromises is that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is likely to agree with Russia on its text and thus, it is expected to be one of the rare resolutions on over five-year civil war in Syria.
While the Security Council’s meeting is due to start at 14:00 GMT U.N. New York headquarter, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, told reporters that that the Council is expected to vote “unanimously”.
Mark Weber, director of Institute for Historical Review, said all these alignments, Turkey with Russia and Iran over Syria is a clear illustration on how the "major shift" happens in power relations of states interested in the Middle East, which reflects a rather "dramatic" decline of U.S. as a player in the region.
Meanwhile, Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers’ scheduled meeting in Moscow on December 20, a day after the Security Council vote is another message of confirmation for U.S. exclusion from establishment of new ‘era’ in Syria.
Moreover, the Kazakh capital Astana is another potential host for the next round of talks on Syria as Russian President Putin told reporters.
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