The confrontation between the Syrian authorities and the armed opposition has been going on for more than a year, the situation in the country is getting closer to a civil war. The attack on the city of Hula took place on May 25-26, more than a hundred people were killed. The opposition blames the Bashar al-Assad regime for this tragedy. The Syrian authorities, in turn, talk about a provocation by the militants.
To understand who carried out the executions in Hula, it is necessary to answer the traditional question in such situations - who benefits from it? Since April, in accordance with Kofi Annan's plan, a ceasefire has been declared in the country, and UN observers must monitor its observance. Despite the fact that both sides of the conflict repeatedly violated the ceasefire, the total number of military clashes began to decline. In this situation, the tragedy in Hula happened surprisingly "in time", again adding fuel to the fire. Western countries very quickly and unanimously condemned the Syrian authorities, there were information about the possibility of a foreign invasion of Syria. Russia's proposal to first figure out who arranged the executions in Hula, and then to draw conclusions, were not heard.
The fact that Western countries do not hear Russia's arguments is quite understandable. Taking a course to change the regime of Bashar al-Assad, they are trying to achieve this by all means. The technology is already well developed, with Libya being the latest example of the overthrow of a legitimate government. There are official authorities, there is opposition. An armed confrontation begins between them, while, with the help of the media, Western inhabitants form the opinion that the opposition is fighting for freedom and democracy, and the current authorities of the country are cruel oppressors. After public opinion has been formed, a new stage begins - a direct invasion of the country. So, in the case of Libya, the country's territory was declared a no-fly zone, under the pretext of this, the aviation of the coalition forces began to methodically destroy the military equipment of Muammar Gaddafi. With such support, the opposition was able to quickly seize power in the country, and Gaddafi himself was captured and killed.
Something similar is now being attempted in Syria. The complexity of the situation lies in the fact that the country has a fully combat-ready army capable of suppressing any insurgencies, while the Assad regime demonstrates its readiness to carry out democratic transformations - in particular, a new constitution was adopted by popular vote. According to some reports, Russia has supplied S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, which makes it very problematic to establish, following the example of Libya, a no-fly zone. Finally, thanks to the actions of the UN, the intensity of the confrontation began to decline, which clearly does not play into the hands of those who want to sweep away the Assad regime at any cost. It was at this moment that the executions took place in Hula, which again gave the opponents of the President of Syria the opportunity to declare the need to change the current government in the country. There is information that all those executed belonged to several families loyal to the president of the country. Confirmation of this information will further strengthen the likelihood that the executions of civilians were carried out by opponents of the current government.
The confrontation between the Syrian authorities and the opposition continues. The tragedy in Hula was not the last - it became known that in a village near the city of Hama, unknown soldiers killed more than a hundred people. Against this background, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia would not allow the UN to make a decision on a foreign invasion of Syria. With its veto power, Russia is able to block any decision on this issue.
