Arab uprising through the peaceful demonstration started in inspiration to install the democratic government by throwing out the self or family appointed dictators who were ruling them since many decades, now has been derailed from their core objectives and whole movement is being hijacked by extremist and external forces with an intention to protect their own economic and commercial interest in the region. Except to Tunisia and Egypt, major countries protesters get indulged into violence after being frustrated by the slow response of governments and being diluted to their aspiration goals because violence never respond with a solution. Alongside of violence, bifurcation of people into sects and grouping under conservative and liberal communities harm the spirit of entire movement and create many questions about the efficiency of future alternatives. Libya and Yemen, even after changing the face of government, have miles to go for establishing real democratic form of government and in implementation of reform for which they have sacrificed. Syria, Bahrain, Jordon and Iraq are on transitional stages with large demonstration and violence. Costs are being paid by the citizens of these countries in terms of lives and property for the hope of change and freedom is much higher than the previous dictatorial rule.
Syria protracted case is worst with more casualties and destructions amidst all the transforming countries and becomes a battleground for external and internal forces. It is being estimated by UN agencies that in last two years of uprising almost sixty thousand people have lost their lives so far and more than 600,000 are being displaced. Long times ruling Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is in no mood to step down through the dialogue as he consider the whole violent protester not representing the Syrian's people and are playing in the hand of enemy countries who are hatching the conspiracies against the Syrian people by arming the rebellions and infiltrating the extremist fighters. In his recent speech to outline the future peace process plan, Assad insists that external government or people just can give us the suggestion but not the order. His every road map has been discarded by opposition as they are not ready less than his resignation and trial. Therefore, there is a logjam between opposition and Assad regime. Unlike Libya, United Nation Security Council has not endorsed the military intervention in Syria due to strong opposition by veto power holding Russia and China as both the countries are longtime allies and have their economic interest.
Interference by foreign countries instead of inter-Syrian dialogue is the main reason in intensifying the whole protest into the violence. Syrian conflict now not to confined only for demonstration of people for democratic values but the whole movement, due to external interferences and with support by certain faith based countries, transformed into the sectarian war as was termed by the UN-Arab League peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, on commenting the recent proposed peace plan for dialogue by Assad as "perhaps even more sectarian, more one-sided". Syrian strife is becoming sectarian particularly between the ruling Alawi Shias and Sunnis; Assad belongs to former and rebellion for later. Alawites sects of Shia community constitute thirteen percent of whole population and have the support of Iran and Lebanon based Hizbullah group while rest of population (74%) are Sunni and have the support of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey etc. Such sectarian violence will not confine to the Syria but it would spread across the region, and war would be fought outside the borders that lead to more destruction. India, in spite of a major trading partner and commercial ally with Syria, has been adhered its non interference policy in the internal matter of sovereign country. It asserted many times that Syrian people should be authorized to choose their future.
Instead of international community intervention by organizing the conferences outside Syria without getting involved the government regime, recognizing the de facto rebellion group as real representative of Syrian people and having the confrontation between Russia and USA about the fate of regime; focus should be to initiate dialogue within Syria and by the people of Syria. Embattled Assad should step down to prevent the further bloodshed of innocent people and clear the way for forming the new government and peaceful political transition as per people's aspiration. It would provide him the honorable exit and can avert the repetition of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fate. People can't be ruled by force in long-term against their wishes. International community can only facilitate the dialogue process but the real political transitional solution should be initiated from within the all sects of Syrian people. The principle of non-interference in internal matter of sovereign state must be adhered. Through the military intervention of external forces or by arming the rebellion, Assad regime could be driven out but it would further complicate the fate of Syrian people as now the government would be converted into rebellion and Syria will face another civil war.
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