Russia and Iran did not fall into a trap: Grigor Balasanyan on overthrow of Assad’s regime

Assad is gone; now the fight will be between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the US, international affairs expert Grigor Balasanyan told Alpha News.

“The Syrian Arab Republic is now history; at least Assad’s decades-long rule is over. In various countries, including Russia, the flag of the Syrian embassy has been changed into the opposition flag. It is difficult to say what will happen in the future, because now Syria no longer exists, but there are many religious groups that had one enemy, Assad. There were also Kurds there, who were pro-American and whose enemy was Assad. Now Assad is gone, and they have started fighting each other, and the fight will be between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States,” he said.

The expert is convinced that the army of another country will not come and fight for your state.

“Assad has once again proven the words of the first female Prime Minister of Israel: ‘You cannot negotiate with those who came to kill you.’ For about 10 days now, the Western press has been writing that Assad negotiated with the United States in Doha through Arab states. If your army is not ready to fight for your state, the armies of other states will not fight for you. This was proven once again, and it seemed as if Assad was asking a rhetorical question: ‘Well, I don’t need to fight, but if you need to, come and fight’,” Grigor Balasanyan said.

The expert emphasized that Russia and Iran did not fall into a trap but decided to try to influence the situation in a different format.

“At first, Russia and Iran expressed unconditional support for Assad, but, as we have noticed recently, they did not fight at all. They realized that a trap was prepared for them and did not fall into it, preferring to retreat at that moment but then try to influence the situation in a different format. Now they are already announcing that they will work with the opposition. Currently, the task is not to create an anti-Russian and anti-Iranian government, or at least to ensure that the emerging governments are not anti-Russian and anti-Iranian,” Grigor Balasanyan concluded.