“I see it [political unrest in Syria] personally, as basically a proxy war between the Americans on one side and their Saudi allies on what they view as the pro-Iranian government in Syria,” British Middle East expert Christopher Walker said, during an interview with Press TV.
Walker also pointed to the “extremely complex situation” and the noticeable division between different sects of people in Syria.
This is while recent reports also suggest the growing presence of al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists in Syria.
On Thursday, Kofi Annan decided to quit his mission as the UN-Arab League special envoy, citing lack of support for his six-point peace plan for Syria as the main reason for his departure.
According to the Middle East expert, “the peace plan has been dead in the water for some time and this really has only been kept as a fig leaf,” covering up actions carried out by the West, “while the fighting has gone on”.
“Kofi Annan’s departure today is really only a statement of the obvious. It was coming, but nobody dared to declare the peace plan dead, so he declared it himself, as it fell on his sword.”
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011, with many people, including large number of security forces, killed in the turmoil.
While the West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of the killings, Damascus blames outlaws, saboteurs and insurgents for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
