UMengameli waseSyria uBashar al-Assad wethula inkulumo eyivelakancane kumabonakude esizweni, njengoba esaqhubeka nokulwa nokuvukela umbuso wakhe.
Ngaphambi kwenkulumo, abezindaba zombuso bathi bazokhuluma "ngentuthuko yakamuva eSyria nasesifundeni."
Iza phakathi kwezimpi ezishubile eduze kwenhloko-dolobha, iDamaseku.
I-UN ilinganisela ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-60,000 abantu asebebulewe ekuvukeleni uMengameli u-Assad, owaqala ngoNdasa wezi-2011.
'Phila ufe'
Le nkulumo iyinkulumo kaMnu Assad yokuqala kusukela ngoJuni.
Engxoxweni ne-TV yaseRussia ngoNovemba - ukuphawula kwakhe komphakathi - wathi "uzohlala futhi afele eSyria".
Kusukela lapho amavukelambuso aphikisayo asekwazile ukulawula izindawo ezisenyakatho yeSyria, futhi asekhe umkhandlu wobuholi obubandakanya wonke umuntu osemukelwe yi-US kanye ne-EU.
Kodwa imizamo yabaphikisayo yokuthola indawo emadolobheni amakhulu nasezindaweni ezizungezile kuhlanganise neDamaseku iye yahlangabezana nokuphikiswa okuqinile kanye neziteleka zomoya ezicekela phansi.
NgoMgqibelo iqembu lezishoshovu ezinze e-UK, iSyrian Observatory for Human Rights, libike ukuthi kunezimpi ezishubile eHarasta naseDaraya, okuyindawo yaseDamaseku.
Imizamo yosopolitiki yokuqeda udweshu eSyria ayiphumelelanga kuze kube manje.
Inxusa le-UN kanye ne-Arab League u-Lakhdar Brahimi ubelokhu ephusha uhlelo olugunyazwe engqungqutheleni yamazwe ngamazwe ngoJuni oluzosungula uhulumeni wesikhashana.
Kodwa lolu hlelo lushiya indima kaMengameli u-Assad ingacacile. Amaqembu aphikisayo eSyria amile kwelokuthi uMnu Assad kumele ehle esikhundleni ukuze kuphele udweshu.
UMnu Brahimi kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uSergei Lavrov bathe ngesonto eledlule isixazululo okuxoxiswana ngaso isona sinqumo.
NgoLwesihlanu, iNato yaqala ukuthumela imicibisholo yePatriot eTurkey ukusiza amasosha aseTurkey ukuxosha ukuhlaselwa ngemicibisholo noma izindiza ezivela eSyria.
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