The Real Cause of Syrian Uprising
Published by Edyta N. Tehrani on February 17, 2012 in Middle East-
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And why it may lead to another deadly war in Middle East.
Mainstream media continue reporting the uprising in Syria as a “fight for democracy,” but the reality there is not that simple. We all know what happened in Egypt and Syria is not that much different. President Assad is a brutal dictator and there is no doubt about it, but what Syria will get if his regime falls is not a democracy in the way we understand it in the West. 
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What we are witnessing in Syria is a religious struggle, not civil or political freedom movement. Bashar Assad is a Shia Muslim leader with close political ties with Iran in the country where the majority of people are Sunni Muslims. At one point in history Damascus was the seat of Sunni caliphate, so it is an offense to Sunnis to have a Shia leader dominating Syria. Sunni victories thanks to the backing they got from the West and (Sunni) Arab League encouraged Sunnis in Syria to rise against Assad regime.
Now that Iran is about to acquire atomic weapons, the Sunni Muslim states are all afraid of its dominance in the region. This is why they support the Sunni Muslim uprising against Assad. If the uprising was to be successful, Iran would lose an important strategic ally and it will do anything in its power to prevent that from happening.
It is very possible that this uprising will spark a war in Middle East and the rest of the world will be directly or indirectly pulled into this conflict as well. It might play out in two ways. Iran and Syria could start a war against Israel in order to make all Muslims unite against common enemy, as Muslim Brotherhood now effectively ruling Egypt and Libya is also hostile to the Jewish state and committed to free Palestinians from Israeli “occupation” of once Muslim land, or the blood bath in Syria will force Arab League and the West to attack Syria. That in turn would cause both Iran and Russia to enter the war as well, which would not be a good prospect either. Only the future will show, which direction the events are going to take, but it doesn’t look good for anyone involved.
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I vote for peace ^_^
me too peace on earth
Great insight and very well written article. God has it covered and it will all unfold according to His plan. We know there will be a great war in the Middle East. God said so. And then there will be peace on Earth.
Let’s hope it doesn’t happen. We’ve had too much war.
A gloomy foretell…. It’s clear that the Yemeni solution won’t work here. You could be right, but I hope the Syrians (Assad and the people) will find a compromise.
no war !
You admitt that Bashar is a brutal dictator, yet you dismiss that as a possible reason for public uprising against his brutal rule? What Syria will get after Assad is probably a government that represents the people of Syria, which will not be a good news to the so called “Jewish state” that is colonizing Syrian territories in clear violation of the international law. Whether the West likes the way Syrian people want to run their country or not is irrelevant.
@ Observer
I do not dismiss the dictatorship of Assad as a reason for this uprising, but I point to the fact that there is another deeper reason at play here. As for Syria after Assad, well this is a material for yet another article. Thank you for sharing your opinion with us.
yay
both parties are at fault but i would prefer al-assad to stay as president. no one realises what is really going on this has all been planned from the beginning.. something happened that the public dont know and was behind all the “uprisings”. what they dont show in the media is that the rebels are equally responsible for all the deaths in syria. syria was a strong country before all this but the only way to weaken a strong country is to turn its people against its leaders and thats whats happening now.. someone is manipulating the people to turn against its government and in the middle east the best way to do that is by using religion. but who will take after assad if he steps down? who in the long run benefits the most if the syrian government falls? if the syrian government falls iran weakens who benefits from iran weakening? syrian people wont benefit only western countries and israel who happen to be allies and thats why i believe they are behind the whole “middle eastern uprisings”
@ Author:
The member of the Free Syrian Army are not all Sunnis. Although they are a primarily Sunni faction, there are alawites and other shia soldiers in the FSA’s ranks as well. The FSA and the muslim brotherhood have actually said themselves that the uprising is not motivated by religion. Check your facts please.
@Matt:
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
@Dylan …. ‘you’ may have no idea what Matt is talking about …. but ‘he’ does… and he could be closer to the truth than you/we would like to admit …(i.m.o)
@ Dylan
Thank you very much for sharing your view. I respect it, but what Muslim Brotherhood says and what it does are two different things. We will see who was right after Assad is gone, but I can tell you right now that the new government will be of Muslim Brotherhood just like in Egypt.
Here is the link to the article I read today that confirms what I wrote here nearly 7 months ago. Iran is getting ready to protect its ally and send “martyrs” to Syria…http://ibnlive.in.com/news/iran-hosts-islamic-resistance-festival/289089-2.html
It’s neigther America nor Russia that can restore Syrian conflict but The One &Almighty God.we’re tired of war &this is too much yet it’s only a fulfilment of biblical prophecy