The Syrian Revolution erupted a year ago. However, the protesters did not despair. They are determined to achieve their goal, which is the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the regime is seeking to crush the revolution, which claimed the lives of more than ten thousand people. It also cost Damascus isolation from the Arab and international communities. Such isolation did not prevent him from going too far in the security based strategy, which did not work with the free Syrian people. The Council of the Arab League has already held five meetings at the ministerial level. The meetings dealt with the Syrian crisis and came out with the first Arab initiative. The Arab ministers opted to cooperate with the Syrian Government as well as the opposition parties in all spectra. They also called for a national dialogue under the auspices of the Arab League. Then, the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League escalated the pressure by threatening to impose economic sanctions provided that they do not hurt the Syrian people. The sanctions included freezing the assets of the Syrian Government, the suspension of any cooperation with the Central Bank of Syria. The second Arab meeting called for Bashar’s handing over powers to his deputy, the preparation for the transition, and the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections. I think we are in need for real and dissuasive solutions which could meet the position of the Syrian people. The latter is calling for a decisive and radical solution before it is too late, al- Assad’s regime is ready to terminate and eradicate the people altogether. Chief among the solutions is the stepping down of Bashar and his family from power. In fact, the ultimate decision goes to the free Syrian people and not to Bashar.

The Arabic States should have examine the regional and international dimensions of the crisis before making any move toward its resolution. their failure to do so, has foiled all the initiatives that have been suggested. In contrary, the Syrian regime continued its approach, chosing the military solution over negotiation and dialogue called for by all the Arabic and the international community's initiatives.