Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 31 /Trend, A.Tagiyeva/
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, the West has been trying to stay away from the ongoing processes in this country and fears of military intervention, realizing its danger, the editor of Lebanese Lubnan newspaper Ali al-Amin believes.
"The West already faces with such problems during the intervention in crises in the Middle East," Al-Amin told Trend by telephone from Beirut.
According to the expert, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's words that any destabilization in Syria can cause problems throughout the region force the West to give up the risk of interference in Syrian events.
"President al-Assad's words were addressed to the international community. And that message will be understood properly," said Al-Amin.
According to the analyst, the inter-religious crisis that may erupt in Syria in case of foreign military intervention can cause problems in the region and throughout the West.
In case of invasion in Syria, the Western countries "risk kindling the fire, which will cover the entire Middle East," Syrian President al-Assad said in an interview published on Monday by the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
According to him, the attempts of foreign countries to intervene in the internal affairs of Syria will negatively affect the situation in the region. "Today, Syria is the center of the Middle East, where the tectonic plates collide, said al-Assad. - If to play with it, it can cause an earthquake. Any problem in Syria will ignite the fire in the whole region."
Al-Amin also excludes the possibility of repeating the Libyan scenario in Syria, since in the events in Libya, the West pursued its own interests - to get an access to the rich oil fields.
"The invasion in Syria will not bring specific benefits to the West, and therefore, in this respect, the West and the United States are particularly very passive," he said.
According to the analyst, much in this question also depends on the Syrian authorities, who unlike the former government of Libya and other countries experiencing the revolution, recognized the need for reforms in the country and are taking concrete steps in this regard.
According to Al-Amin, another cause of non-interference in the affairs of Syria is that the Syrian opposition is also not a supporter of foreign intervention, in contrast to the Libyan opposition, who itself called upon the West for military operations against Gaddafi's regime.
Mass protests in Syria began in mid March in Dera'a, the country's south, then spreading to other regions. According to Syria's Presidential Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban, 1,400 people died. Half of those dead were members of the army and security forces. According to the UN, there are 3,600 people dead.
Large part of the opposition demands the resignation of President Assad. This requirement is supported by the U.S. and the EU countries that have imposed a number of economic sanctions against Syria.
