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Many years have passed since the debate over which is first: the political solution or the fight against terrorism. That debate proved to be futile. Subsequent developments have shown that the extremists on both sides, who held up to one of the answers, implicitly agreed to extend the duration of the crisis because of the immaturity of "quelling" [the opposition by the regime] nor "overthrowing" [the regime by the opposition] – as their slogans claimed, at a time when the obvious answer was that the two processes [of political solution and fighting terrorism] constitute one integral whole, and cannot be approached except together and in parallel.

In the last few days there have been very contradictory statements on the subject of the constitutional committee, especially from the US side, whose representative in the UN Security Council has declared that the idea has been given enough time and has not been realized, and therefore, the international envoy must abandon it, in parallel with the completion of understandings on the Committee and the approach of the declaration of its formation.

The blockers of political solution, the Westerners and their followers and supporters in the various parties, have been accustomed to be in solidarity with each other along the past bitter years. Their plan has always been to keep the suspended files on hold, while using one file at a time as the main tool for hindering, while pretending to be flexible with the other files.

He loses his understanding of reality and falls into errors ranging from minor to major, in the national sense, the one who views Astana as a temporary or transitory understanding related to Syria.

The overwhelming majority of Syrians suffer from severe economic and living conditions in which the crisis continues unabated, from electricity to gas and fuel oil to exchange rate disruptions, the rapid deterioration of public services and transport crises, as well as the crisis of constant increases prices, including the prices of the basic necessities for survival.

The few weeks following the US declaration of withdrawal from Syria proved the truth of what we went to and summarized in two key points:

Trump's announcement of the withdrawal of US troops from Syria a few days ago, continues to be the main event, not only on the Syrian level, but also throughout the region, if not throughout the world.

French protests have entered their fifth week in a row, and despite the large media fraud of the real numbers of protesters, their numbers are still in the range of tens of thousands, and despite the partial concessions made by the French government, the movement is still continuing...

«a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political transition»; «and stresses that the Syrian people will decide the future of Syria»; «a Syrian-led political process that is facilitated by the United Nations».

Skirmishes in the South China Sea; Accusing China of interfering in the US elections and stealing US technology; a new tariffs and sanctions campaign; NATO accusing Russia of pirate attacks, even talking about «beating Russia»… A new week elapsed full of fiery statements. Is there anything new?!