In der Nacht von Montag auf Dienstag (22./23. September) haben die USA und arabische Verbündete erstmalig IS-Ziele in Syrien angegriffen. Aus der Luft bombardiert wurden die Städte Raqqa, die sogenannte “Hauptstadt” des IS, sowie Deir az-Zor und Aleppo. Was sind die Meinungen in Syrien zu den Luftangriffen auf IS im Land? Adopt a Revolution hat seit Dienstag Stimmen aus Syrien gesammelt und stellt diese hier zusammen.
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Mittwoch, 24. September 2014
Eine Frau aus dem Umland von Damaskus berichtet: Die Menschen, die noch in Syrien sind, sind diejenigen, die zumeist einfach keine Möglichkeit hatten, aus Syrien zu flüchten. Sie sind völlig abgestumpft von den ganzen Bombardierungen von allen möglichen Seiten in den vergangenen Jahren. Keiner redet über den Militärschlag der USA … Zum Beispiel darüber, dass dieser Militärschlag die nationale Souveränität Syriens verletzt, auch wenn es dabei um den Kampf gegen Terroristen geht. Die Menschen diskutieren vielmehr darüber, wie viel schlechter die alltäglichen Lebensumstände noch werden können; wie hoch der Dollarpreis wohl noch steigen wird; wie sehr die Anzahl der Flüchtlinge noch zunehmen wird und so weiter und so weiter.
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Ahmad aus Qameshli: IS kann man nicht durch Luftangriffe besiegen! Die Frage ist, was hat die Weltgemeinschaft – außer systematisch die zivile Widerstandsbewegung zu schwächen – in den letzten Jahren gemacht? Statt Gruppen zu bewaffnen sollten Aktivisten vor Ort viel eher unterstützt werden, um die Gebiete verwalten zu können.
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Hussain aus Salamiya: Seit fast zwei Monaten stand Da3sh [IS] an den Rändern zu Salamiya. Letztendlich hat die Da3sh-Taktik gewirkt, die Leute sind einfach aus Panik geflohen und haben viele Dörfer leer gelassen. Auch mein Dorf wurde so von Da3sh eingenommen. Das Regime hat seine Soldaten dort sowieso zurückgezogen. Die einzigen, die dort gerade noch gegen Da3sh kämpfen, – und die Kämpfe dauern die ganze Zeit an – sind die Lijan al-Sha´abiya, also die Regime-Milizen.
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Tareq aus Maarat an Numan: Warum nur wurde denn Idlib, wo die Nusra-Front ist, bombardiert? Dabei sind sehr viele Zivilist_innen umgekommen. Das verstehen wir nicht. Ich habe eher das Gefühl, dass hier wieder ein neuer Krieg gegen das syrische Volk geführt wird. […] Warum sonst wird eine Gegend, in der Da3sh gar nicht vorhanden ist, bombardiert?
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Statement des AktivistInnen-Netzwerks der Local Coordination Committees (LCC)
Local Coordination Committees’ Statement on The United States Recent Air Strikes Against ISIS Positions in Syria
By the start of the U.S. and its allies air strikes at the positions of ISIS militias in Syria, the country is entering a new phase. The Local Coordination Committees (LCC) are herewith confirming their previous stances considering Assad’s regime the foremost enemy of the Syrian people and assuring that extremism and terrorism were the products of the regime’s crimes.
LCC is also emphasizing the following:
1- Assad’s regime is holding the sole responsibility of this violation of the Syrian State’s sovereignty since it was the first to do that bringing the sectarian death militias from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
2- Assad’s regime and ISIS are alike when it comes to terrorism and crimes violating the Syrian people dignity and decent lives.
3- The necessity of coordinating with the political and military forces of the Syrian revolution so they can regain control of the positions under ISIS conquer as well as helping these forces with their continuous battles against Assad’s regime till it is toppled.
4- Taking intense precautions that these air strikes do not give any form of political or militarian benefits to Assad’s regime.
5- Taking extra care of the civilians’ lives and their properties in the targeted areas.
6- The United Nations must take its responsibility towards the civilians by immediately responding to their humanitarian basic needs.
7- The Syrians salvation from ISIS should be synchronized with their liberty of the tyrant Assad’s regime and its terrorism against them.
Local Coordination Committees
23/ 9/ 2014
Wir haben das Statement der LCC auch ins Deutsche übersetzt und hier für Sie dokumentiert.
Dienstag, 23.September 2014
Hassan aus Süddamaskus: Ich möchte nicht, dass irgendwann mein Kopf auf meinem Bauch liegt, deswegen finde ich die Angriffe der Amerikaner auf ISIS gut.
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Fadi aus dem Norddamaszener Umland sagt: Der Militärschlag kommt circa ein Jahr zu spät. Mittlerweile hat sich ISIS ausgebreitet und sich in Gebieten zwischen den Zivilisten verteilt. Und mit den “Terroristen” werden deswegen wohl auch viele Zivilist_innen umgebracht werden.
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Ahmad aus Süddamaskus: Wenn man Terrorismus bekämpfen möchte, muss man das Regime als Verursacher angreifen.
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Aktivist_innen aus Yarmouk: Kannst du uns eine Flasche Wasser zeigen? Wir haben hier seit vielen Tagen kein Wasser. Kein Wasser zu haben und unter Belagerung zu stehen, das sind die Verbrechen des Regimes.
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Statement der SYRIAN REVOLUTION SUPPORT BASES
No to US airstrikes on Syria and Iraq!
All support to popular movements in Syria and Iraq!
A statement by Syrian Revolution Bases of Support
As the US once more beats the drums for its “war on terror” we affirm our opposition to US/coalition airstrikes on Syria and Iraq. Such imperialist intervention will only lead to propping up the sectarian occupation regime in Iraq and the genocidal Assad regime in Syria. It will further pave the way for expanding US economic and strategic interests in the region (namely exploiting resources and supporting the Zionist State).
Obama’s move towards airstrikes comes following the assassination of American journalists and the persecution of minority communities (Christians and Ezidis) by the Islamic State. Such acts highlight the barbarity of the Daesh fascists but we question why Obama was not equally moved by the deaths of the countless Muslims who have been the primary victims of the Islamic State or the death of Syrian Muslim journalist Bassam Raeis who was executed by Daesh in August to no global outrage. The biggest terrorist threat remains the Assad regime which has killed thousands through daily barrel bombing of civilian neighbourhoods, chemical massacres, starvation sieges and torture. Such double standards show that humanitarian motives do not drive US intervention or international concern.
Airstrikes cannot defeat Daesh as they are spread through civilian areas. They would result in heavy collateral damage. Only boots on the ground (which the US has not offered and which have been rejected by the FSA) can defeat the Islamic State. The Syrian rebels, including Kurdish fighters, have been the ones fighting Daesh for the past year, know the local geography, terrain and people, and are the best placed to strike a real blow to the Islamic State. But to do this they must be provided with the weapons they need.
Attacking ISIS without toppling the tyrant Bashar Al Assad will only lead to exacerbating sectarian divisions in the region. Assad has been responsible both directly and indirectly to contributing to the growth of the IS, and until recently has not attacked ISIS positions focusing instead on attacking the FSA and civilians. Assad is now begging to be a partner in the US coalition, seizing the chance to gain international legitimacy. Any action seen as allying with Bashar Al Assad will lead to a backlash and exacerbate sectarian tensions. This fits well with America’s ‘divide and rule’ policy. We see in Iraq that the US is allying with the criminal government which is dropping barrel bombs on civilian neighbourhoods (recently committing a massacre at a school in Falluja) and using sectarian militias which are carrying out atrocities. The US has also focused its rhetoric on the Islamic State ignoring that popular elements (as well as remnants from the Baathist regime) are also rising against the Iraqi government. The US insistence that Malki steps down, but not doing the same for Bashar, again shows double standards.
Whilst we oppose US/coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, we are appalled by the position of sections of the “anti-war” movement and “anti-imperialist” left which have rallied around tyrannical states instead of supporting the Syrian popular uprising against both Assad and Daesh and for freedom from tyranny. It should be highlighted that the largest foreign intervention so far in Syria has been from the imperialist State of Russia and Iran which have provided massive military, economic and political support to the Assad regime to continue carrying out atrocities against the Syrian people.
The grassroots forces of the Syrian Revolution have shown over and over again their willingness and ability to resist in battle – and often to defeat – any reactionary armed force, be it regime or reactionary “Islamist.” How else explain, after three and a half years of genocidal attacks, the continued mobilization and self-organization for daily survival of liberated towns and neighborhoods throughout the country? We reject the calls of the pseudo-Left to rely upon condescending saviors, whether in Washington or Moscow, in Damascus, Tehran or Riyadh. The steadfastness of the Syrian Revolution originates in the regionwide revolution of which it is an integral part – a revolution which on most fronts is now in retreat, but whose renewed advance depends in no small part on support, politically and materially, for the grassroots Syrian Revolution.
Syrian Revolution Bases of Support
