Kilo’s options: War or Assad

Syrian political activist living in exile Michel Kilo believes that the available alternative after the downfall of President Bashar Assad is an internal war turning into a protracted regional one involving the two superpowers. This was what he wrote in his article in Asharq Al-Awsat, the London-based Arabic daily and a sister publication of Arab News. He also expressed these views in recent statements.
His analyses were identical to the conclusions written by Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, in his report to the Security Council. Annan said there had to be a political solution to the crisis. This would mean keeping Assad in power. Annan’s objectives were suspicious. He started his mission in February with the same utterances even before he visited Damascus. He warned that a civil war was imminent if there was no political settlement. We know that Annan was nominated to this position by the team siding with the Syrian regime, which is Russia and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Al-Arabi. This is why his report to the Security Council was made to please the regime and its allies.

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