The Syrian people in general, and the Kurdish people as an integral part of it, have endured more than a decade of suffering and pain, paying a heavy price for their freedom and dignity. This people has suffered from killing, displacement, destruction, oppression, exclusion, and marginalization, until Syria has become a bleeding wound at the heart of the region and the world.
The past years have shown that temporary solutions, fragile compromises, and superficial understandings have been nothing but painkillers for a deep crisis, exacerbating it without putting an end to it. These solutions were mere attempts to circumvent the people's true demands, and desperate efforts to reproduce tyranny in different forms, while the active powers, both internally and externally, have continued to manipulate Syria's fate according to their narrow interests, indifferent to the suffering and legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people.
Today, after all that has transpired, we confirm that the only acceptable solution is a fundamental, permanent one, where there is no room for half-measures or political patchworks that preserve the interests of tyrants and recycle the tragedy. Any project that does not lead to achieving justice, compensating the victims, ending oppression, and guaranteeing the rights of all Syrian components is an unacceptable solution. We will not accept false promises, nor futile negotiations that lead to the reproduction of the same catastrophic reality.
It must be a comprehensive solution, ending this conflict based on fair principles that guarantee freedom and dignity for all Syrians, while ensuring the constitutional rights of all Syrian components on the grounds of justice, democracy, and pluralism in accordance with international treaties and UN charters, or the option of division becomes the most realistic solution. The continuation of political deadlock and the maintenance of a fractured, failing state is nothing but a recipe for the continuation of suffering and human and economic hemorrhage. If the unity of Syria means the continuation of oppression and marginalization, and if it means the persistence of authoritarian and exclusionary rule, then division becomes the lesser of two evils.
The international and regional powers must recognize that Syria is now at a crossroads: either a just and comprehensive political solution is supported to end this tragedy, or the Syrian people will be left to determine their own fate, even if it means redrawing the country’s geographic and political map in light of the new reality.
The time has come to put an end to this recklessness with the fate of the Syrians. We will not accept to be mere pawns in the struggles of others, nor will we remain hostages to international and regional calculations that ignore our rights and aspirations. Freedom is an inalienable right, justice is an uncompromising demand, and dignity is a principle that cannot be postponed. If these principles cannot be achieved within the framework of a single just state, then there should be a political entity that guarantees the legitimate rights of each component without oppression or marginalization.
History does not forgive, peoples do not die, and the rights of nations do not expire with time. The Syrian issue will not be forgotten in the annals of oblivion. Either it will be resolved justly, or the will of the people will impose a new reality, no matter how some try to delay or deny it.
March 25, 2025
Dr. Adnan Bozan