Agence France-Presse said that it expects concrete measures from the Syrian regime to stop Arab countries’ “Captagon” trade and resolve the refugee crisis, while saying that Bashar Assad counts on Arab support and assistance that he desperately needs for reconstruction. phase.
In a report, the agency added that Arab leaders emphasized in the decisions taken at the Jeddah summit that “practical and effective steps should be taken for a gradual solution to the Syrian crisis.”
The report questioned the existence of regions outside the control of the Syrian authorities, the fate of the pending files, and whether the lifting of Assad’s regional isolation would facilitate the political solution that has been waiting for years.
“There is now less hope for reviving the United Nations-led peace process in Syria that could lead to a meaningful political transition,” researcher Lina Al-Khatib said in the report.
Al-Khatib, questioning the possibility of refugees returning home safely, argues that Damascus is “neither willing nor able to provide useful assistance” in this context, that Damascus will stop its “lucrative” drug trade, but act as if it “reduces the Captagon flow”.
Researcher Nick Heras from the New Lines Institute said that Damascus “can now trade all these issues with Arab countries”.
