{"id":39103,"date":"2025-08-03T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=39103"},"modified":"2025-08-03T17:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:54:38","slug":"mohammad-rasas-no-salvation-in-syria-without-an-inclusive-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/03\/08\/2025\/mohammad-rasas-no-salvation-in-syria-without-an-inclusive-national-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammad Rasas: No Salvation in Syria Without an Inclusive National Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>By Hevi Salim<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight months have passed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime, and Syria is still struggling to find its footing amid the rubble of decades of authoritarianism and unresolved internal explosions. The transitional phase is facing immense challenges, burdened by the legacy of the former regime and deeply entangled regional and international dynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Syria stands at a historic crossroads: Are we witnessing the birth of a Third Republic that might correct the structural failures of the previous ones? How can a comprehensive national consensus be built? What role will regional powers like Turkey and Israel play? And is there a real possibility of building a state based on equal citizenship?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this in-depth interview, Syrian writer and researcher Mohammad Said Rasas offers a sharp analysis of the post-December 8, 2024 period, and outlines a vision for an inclusive national salvation project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: After eight months under the transitional authority, how do you evaluate this period?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not merely a political transition; it is a historical test for the entire Syrian state. When Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri fell in 1985, General Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab famously said: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnlucky is the one who rules after Nimeiri.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I believe this applies even more strongly to whoever rules Syria after Assad. The devastation left behind, from Hafez to Bashar al-Assad, dwarfs what Sudan endured under Nimeiri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t just \u201cpost-dictatorship.\u201d It\u2019s an explosion of long-suppressed, multi-layered crises, internal and external. We need to examine these past eight months closely: What latent crises have erupted? Which new problems were generated by the transitional phase itself? And what remains buried, waiting to surface?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syria has been a battlefield of intersecting international, regional, and local conflicts since 2011. We\u2019re not in the recovery phase yet. That\u2019s why no single faction or political party, or even a lone governing body, can navigate a ship of this magnitude through such stormy waters. We need a genuine national consensus, backed by clear regional and international will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/03\/08\/2025\/turkeys-role-in-syria-from-hafez-al-assad-to-ahmad-al-sharaa\/#\">Turkey\u2019s Role in Syria: From Hafez al-Assad to Ahmad al-Sharaa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: Given your assessment, what mechanisms can produce this national consensus?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must recognize that we are building a \u201cThird Syria.\u201d The First Syria was born on March 8, 1920, after the end of Ottoman rule, and was short-lived, defeated at Maysalun by the French. The Second Syria was born on April 17, 1946, with the departure of French forces, but it collapsed on December 8, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key difference between those births was the presence, or absence, of a foundational awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1920 experience was based on a general national congress, whose members were popularly elected. They chose Prince Faisal as monarch, transformed the assembly into a constitutional body, and formed an executive government. It was a mature, though brief, experiment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By contrast, the 1946 version lacked that founding awareness. It led to military rule, then full-fledged authoritarianism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, talk of \u201cdialogue\u201d or \u201cpartial initiatives\u201d is not enough. What\u2019s needed is a <\/span><b>general national founding conference<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with elected representatives from political, economic, social, and military sectors, to draft a new national project from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: Decentralization is a key topic but fraught with fear. How do you approach it?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future structure of the Syrian state shouldn\u2019t be imposed from above or dictated by foreign powers, or even by elite circles. It must be discussed and agreed upon within a constitutional committee that emerges from the national founding conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one holds the authority to decide this matter before Syrians themselves come to a consensus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decentralization should be primarily administrative and economic, organizing the relationship between the centre and provinces. Administrative boundaries should be based on economic logic, not sectarian or ethnic lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: What is your assessment of the roles played by Turkey and Israel in Syria\u2019s crisis and future?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you study Syrian history since 1920, you\u2019ll see that problems with Kemalist Turkey are not new. They go back to the 1921 Ankara\u2013Paris Agreement that carved away 18,000 square kilometres of Syrian land, and to the 1939 annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta (Iskenderun). These issues arose with the Turkey of Atat\u00fcrk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the 2011\u20132024 crisis, Turkey played a pivotal role, steering parts of the Syrian opposition, both politically and militarily, in line with its national interests. Today, Ankara holds significant leverage within Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel, on the other hand, never had internal instruments. It relied solely on its military power. Since the regime&#8217;s fall, it has sought to enforce normalization by force, but has so far failed, as seen in the recent escalation in southern Syria. The U.S. and some Western actors believe normalization is premature. Instead, they support a revised version of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement as a middle ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read also: <\/span>Syria: Between Neo-Ottoman Ambitions and Israel\u2019s Expanding Vision<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: What would a balanced and natural relationship with Turkey look like?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe Kemalist Turkey is gone. Our problem was always with that version of Turkey. Today, there\u2019s an attempt to build a new Turkey, based on understandings between Erdo\u011fan, Devlet Bah\u00e7eli (leader of the Nationalist Movement Party), and Abdullah \u00d6calan (the imprisoned PKK leader).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this post-Lausanne Turkey is successfully born, it could open a new chapter in relations with both Arabs and Kurds. With Greece and Armenians, that reconciliation will take longer. But for Syria, the moment is ripe to build a balanced relationship based on mutual respect and shared interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: How can Syria protect itself from future foreign interference?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer is both simple and difficult: Build a <\/span><b>true state of citizenship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When citizens enjoy equality, freedom, and dignity, they no longer need to invite foreign intervention to achieve their rights. Every external intervention in Syria stemmed from internal dysfunction. Therefore, the remedy begins within.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q: How do you assess the role of Arab states in Syria\u2019s post-Assad phase?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab world has suffered from a power vacuum since the 1967 defeat. That vacuum allowed non-Arab powers, like Iran, Turkey, and Israel to fill the space. Now, with Iran\u2019s influence waning, there are signs of a new Arab-international project, led by Washington and Riyadh, to reshape the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia, in particular, views Syria as part of its national security sphere. Indicators of this include a deeper U.S.\u2013Saudi alignment than we saw under Trump or Netanyahu. There\u2019s a revival of the old Gulf economic vision: the Syrian coast as the Gulf\u2019s gateway to the Mediterranean. That idea fuelled major oil pipeline projects in the 1940s and 50s (derailed by coups like those of al-Za\u2019im and Shishakli).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, this vision seems to be returning, propelled by strategic economic and security factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Syria stands on the edge of a founding moment, but the real question is: Can Syrians avoid falling into the trap of repetition? The choices are clear: No individual salvation, no replacement of one tyranny with another, and no foreign guardianship What\u2019s needed is a national founding conference; one that builds a new social contract based on mutual recognition and national interest, not domination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hevi Salim Eight months have passed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime, and Syria is still struggling to find its footing amid the rubble of decades of authoritarianism and unresolved internal explosions. 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