Update From Syria

The Qatari minister of Foreign affairs will defer his visit to Teheran- expected by the end of this week – due to the fact that Iranian officials have other things on their agenda .
The Syrian army is progressing both in al Qusayr (vicinity of Homs ) and in the outskirts of Damascus and other places – as well – and the road to Dar’a is now secured . The US administration had to… admit the fact that Assad is staying till the end of his rule until the date set for new presidential elections in 2014 whereby polls have showed that the president of Syria will get between 70% and 75% of votes and that his popularity has increased whereby the opposition has failed in producing a par to him..
.During his visit to Moscow , Kerry had expressed to the Russian officials his embarrassment- regarding his allies- at having to give up the stepping down of Assad as a pre condition for engaging in any talks with the Syrian authorities while Europe is feeling back stabbed by US which is retracting regarding Syria . For this reason Europe is sending special envoys from UK and Germany to meet Syrian officials in order to catch up with the events and see what they can save after the forces of the opposition failed them by not achieving anything on the ground . The peace conference for Syria is expected in June and Russia is insisting on the presence of Iran and KSA while US wants Syria to attend .. The Syrians will not join before being informed about all the functions to be carried on in the conference in their details .

The two explosions by way of bombed cars at Rayhanli last week -on the Turkish borders with Syria- took the lives of around 50 people among them few Syrians . The Turks are accusing-wrongly- the Syrian government whereas everything shows that this an Intelligence operation that could be used by the Turks and by Erdogan who is to meet Obama soon and who has failed until now in convincing NATO of creating a buffer zone inside Syria -on the borders with Turkey- or a no fly zone in Syria itself .

Among all Arab countries directly involved in the assault on Syria., Jordan has the most precarious position . It cannot meet the requirements of its allies regarding Syria since Syria is not being defeated and is resisting the assault. Jordan fears for its future whereby the Palestinian cause is expected to be solved at Jordan’s expense by relocating – for example- the Palestinians in Jordan who belong mostly to the Muslim Brothers . The advice given by Teheran through ’Ali Akbar Salihi is to keep neutrality regarding the Syrian situation as the best way out of this crisis . Jordan has been considering other alternatives than its relation with Gulf countries and has started opening up to Iraq rather and promoting trade with it .River to Sea Uprooted Palestinian  
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