By Jaime Ortega.
Syria and its allies enter a crucial week in Capitol hill, on whether to support Barack Obama attack against the regime of Bashar al-Assad via diplomacy, to avoid consequences in the international scene.
The Iranian Foreign Minister , Mohammad Javad Zarif , said Sunday during a visit to Baghdad that ” those myopic tolling the war drums will start a fire in the region that will burn them all.” Assad himself in an interview, threatened with reprisals if their government it eventually he is attacked by the U.S..
The U.S. military operation has aggravated the crisis between the two branches of Islam prevalent in the area. A majority of Sunni countries , led by Saudi Arabia , supports some form of armed intervention against Damascus.
In an appearance on Capitol Hill last week, Secretary of State John Kerry , revealed that several Arab countries have offered to pay the cost of the attack. The Shiite axis Assad supporter , the including Iran have warned of the serious consequences of an armed operation .
During his visit to Iraq, a Shiite majority in the country has tried to stay out of the internal Syrian conflict, as Iranian Minister Zarif said he was concerned by the ” warmongering in the region ,” according to Reuters .
The supreme leader of the Iranian revolution , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , has repeatedly warned against an attack. He said last week that the U.S. will suffer ” large losses ” if it takes action , and crossed the alleged chemical attack of August 14 , which has led to Obama ‘s choice for intervening in Syria , a mere “pretext” .
The same arguments brandished Assad in his last interview with the international press. Recently, the imminence of an attack, the president has embarked on a campaign of public advocacy of its position in the conflict. “There is no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my people in this conflict,” he told Charlie Rose , on PBS American television . After noting that his allies contemplate “reprisals ” , asked Americans in Congress and its leaders in Washington ” not to authorize an attack ” .
Lebanese and Israeli media have reported in recent days of the preparation of contingency plans by Damascus, Tehran and the Shiite militia Hezbollah , which controls Lebanon ‘s government for a coordinated response to a potential U.S. attack on Assad.
The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported mobilizing Hezbollah operatives in the imminence of the attack. According to these reports, U.S. interests would be logical targets as diplomatic missions, or Washington ‘s staunchest allies in the area.
In Israel , the government of Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday decided to deploy a battery first missile shield in Jerusalem. However, Israeli Defense Forces are convinced that apart from previous logic rhetoric to attack, the chances of attack Assad Israel are very few , given the response that is guaranteed.
